Australia: Shares flat, New Zealand rises on company results

Australian shares were flat on Thursday, trading largely in response to company results and outlook, with falls in energy and commodities stocks offset by retailers' gains, while New Zealand shares rose, pushing the index...

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Asia: Stocks cautious but oil price holds above US$50

Asia stocks markets moved cautiously in early trade on Friday despite a positive lead from Wall Street and further overnight gains in the price of oil.US and European markets ticked up overnight, supported by a dovish...

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Singapore shares open lower on Fed split over raising rates

SINGAPORE shares opened lower on Thursday, following news that the US Federal Reserve's most recent policy meeting showed committee members were split on the issue of raising interest rates soon.The benchmark Straits Times...

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Ex-BSI Asia CEO Brunner settles Singapore bonus suit with bank

Hanspeter Brunner, BSI SA's former Asia chief who was referred to Swiss and Singapore regulators over the bank's ties with a Malaysian state firm, has settled a lawsuit seeking deferred payments, according to the bank's...

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Natural-gas futures pare gains after EIA says U.S. supplies up 29 billion cubic feet

Natural-gas futures pared their gains to trade nearly flat on Thursday after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that supplies of the commodity rose 29 billion cubic feet for the week ended August 5....

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Gold finishes lower as stocks rally, dollar strengthens

Gold futures surrendered earlier gains to finish lower on Thursday as strength in the U.S. stock market and the dollar offset support from a report showing strong investment demand for precious metals in the first half...

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FTSE‬ Value-Stocks ASEAN strongest of the FTSE Value-Stocks Indices in 1H16

The FTSE Value-Stocks ASEAN Index was the strongest performer of the six Asia focused FTSE Value-Stocks Indices in the first half of 2016 with an 8.2% gain compared to an average decline of 13.0% for the five FTSE Value-Stocks Indices covering China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Singapore maintains 12 constituents within the FTSE Value-Stocks...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Indonesia sent divers into the water on Sunday to examine wreckage from AirAsia Flight 8501, but operations slowed overall, with the weather allowing divers to enter the water only briefly. A week after the Airbus A320...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Shares in AirAsia fell 11.6 per cent after one of its aircraft went missing in bad weather on Sunday on its way to Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya. Shares of the Malaysia-based budget airline fell at the...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Indonesia searched the Java Sea on Monday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing after its pilot failed to gain permission to alter course to avoid a storm cell during a flight from Indonesian city of...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

AirAsia's 4th update on QZ8501 The following is AirAsia's latest press statement (as at 11.45pm, Dec 28) on behalf of AirAsia Indonesia, on AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501. Earlier in Surabaya, the management of AirAsia...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Indonesia resumed at dawn Monday the search for an AirAsia plane that went missing in the Java Sea with 162 people on board, a search and rescue official said. "We have resumed the search for the missing AirAsia plane...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

TWO Singapore planes will set off early on Monday morning to assist with the continuing search for Flight QZ8501, the Indonesia AirAsia aircraft which has gone missing. In a joint statement, the Singapore Transport Ministry...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

AirAsia flight carrying 162 people goes missing in Southeast Asia: officials Indonesia's air force was searching for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people that went missing on Sunday after the pilots asked to change...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

Shares of AirAsia Bhd (5099.KU), Southeast Asia's largest discount carrier by fleet, Thursday fell to its lowest level in three weeks after reporting a 85% fall in third-quarter net profit. The stock opened 2.0% lower...

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AirAsia Market News Update : Epic Research Singapore

AirAsia Bhd will partner with online retailer Rakuten Inc to set up a discount carrier in Japan, marking the second attempt by the Malaysian budget carrier to expand in the Japanese market. AirAsia's partners will...

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