Epic Research Singapore : Forex Market Update

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.3% to 14216.17, getting a boost from a weaker yen. The Japanese currency was trading at ¥101.50 to the U.S. dollar in early Asian trade, from ¥101.35 late Wednesday in New York. Australia’s...

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Epic Research Singapore : Twitter Update

Twitter Inc. will post its first financial report as a publicly-traded company this week, on the heels of a rally in social media shares sparked by Facebook and Google’s upbeat reports last week. But Twitter TWTR -0.24% ...

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Epic Research Singapore : STI

Singapore shares hit their lowest in five months on Monday, pressured by concerns over a slowdown in China’s economy after growth in the country's services sector slowed to a five-year low in January.The benchmark Straits...

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Epic Research Singapore : Forex Market Update

The euro EURUSD +0.07% was little changed at $1.3491, compared to $1.3489 at the end of the previous week, while the British pound GBPUSD -0.01% inched lower to $1.6424 from $1.6443. The Japanese yen USDJPY +0.13% traded...

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Epic Research : SGX Update

SGX CNX Nifty Index futures for February delivery declined 0.5 percent to 6,075.5 at 11:01 a.m. in Singapore. The underlying CNX Nifty Index on the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. rose 0.3 percent to 6,089.50...

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Epic Research Singapore : Nikkei Stock

The Nikkei Stock average lost 2.0% to end at 14619.13. That's well down from final day of 2013 trading, when the index hit a six-and-a-half year peak.Japan share trading action typically reflects both the dollar and...

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Epic Research Singapore : Comex Market Update

New York-traded oil and natural-gas futures lost ground in electronic trade Monday, with a slightly firmer U.S. dollar among the factors weighing on the contracts. Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery CLH4 -0.42%...

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Epic Research Singapore : Comex Market Update

Gold and other precious-metal futures moved modestly higher in electronic trade Monday, rebounded from mild losses recorded on Friday. Gold for April delivery GCJ4 +0.51% advanced by $5.40, or 0.4%, to $1,245.20 an ounce,...

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Epic Research Singapore : U.S Market Update

Japan share trading typically reflects both the dollar and prior Wall Street indexes, and so Friday’s U.S. share selloff following poor earnings reports from Amazon.com and Chevron--combined with a selloff in the dollar--hurt...

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Epic Research Singapore : U.S Market Update

The S&P 500 index SPX -0.65%  is barely hanging on to positive territory for the week, and looking at a close-to-3% drop for the month.   The losses for stock futures come a day after Wall Street indexes...

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Epic Research Singapore : Facebook Update

Facebook FB -0.18%  surged 18.4% in premarket trade after its quarterly results topped Wall Street‘s consensus.Shares of Google Inc. GOOG +4.15%  rose 2.5% after the bell on Wednesday following the company’s...

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Epic Research Singapore : Forex Market Update

Japanese stocks advanced in early trade Friday, with the export-oriented market aided in part by easing in the yen USDJPY -0.20% against the U.S. dollar. The Nikkei Stock Average JP:NIK -1.03% rose 0.7% to 15,116.9, but...

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Epic Research Singapore : Yahoo Inc.

Yahoo Inc. YHOO -0.09%  shares were off by 0.9% at $34.98 after the search company took to its Tumblr blog to announce that hackers had tried to break into an undisclosed number of email accounts through a coordinated...

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Epic Research Singapore : Google Market Update

Google GOOG +4.15%  shares rose 4.2% to $1,183 on heavy volume, with much of that boost coming as the Q&A period on the company’s earnings conference call started. Read MarketWatch’s blog covering Google’s analyst...

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Epic Research : Amazon Update

Shares of Amazon AMZN -4.47%  — at one point in the after-hours session down as 12% — declined 4.7% at $389 on heavy volume. The company reported fourth-quarter earnings of 51 cents a share on revenue of $25.59 billion....

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Epic Research Singapore : Forex Market Update

The dollar USDJPY +0.24%  fell to ¥102.19 from ¥103.33 level late Tuesday. The yen is likely to strengthen against the dollar as turmoil in emerging markets continues, according to a note from Bank of America Merrill...

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Epic Research Singapore : U.S Market Update

Wall Street finished Tuesday’s session with the best gains in two weeks. The S&P 500 closed up 0.6% to 1,792.50, and the Dow industrials DJIA -1.19%  ended the session up 0.5% to 15,928.56, breaking a five-day...

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Epic Research Singapore : Comex Market Update

Gold for February delivery GCG4 +0.21%  in electronic trade was up $2.80, or 0.2%, to $1,252.80 an ounce. March silver SIH4 +0.42%  added 6 cents, or 0.3%, to $19.56 an ounce. A day earlier, gold futures made...

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Epic Research Singapore : Comex Market Update

Natural-gas futures on Tuesday recouped much of what they lost a day earlier, as severe cold weather and expectations for more ahead raised concerns over U.S. supplies of the heating fuel. Oil futures, meanwhile, rallied...

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Epic Research Singapore : Comex Market Update

Crude futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange also gained, outperforming the rise in Brent crude as traders waited for weekly petroleum-supply data that is expected to show a steep drawdown in distillate inventories.    As...

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