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European shares recover from one-week low as trade talks resume
Gain in heavyweight mining and banking stocks helped European shares recover from one-week lows on Monday as investors turned their focus to the start of a new round of trade talks between Beijing and Washington. The STOXX 600 index was...
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Asian shares dip, worries over growth and trade sour mood
Asian stocks edged down on Wednesday on mounting signs of slowing global growth and anxiety over a yet-unresolved Sino-U.S. trade dispute. Japan's Nikkei dropped 0.7 percent while MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...
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Remains of explorer Matthew Flinders discovered near London station
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the first man to circumnavigate Australia, Captain Matthew Flinders, during a dig where a new London train station is due to be built. Flinders, a British explorer, is known for being the...
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Asian shares pause near 1-1/2-mth highs before China data
Asian shares camped near 1-1/2 month highs on Monday as investors kept a wary eye on looming Chinese trade data on increasing signs a slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy is dragging on global growth. MSCI's broadest index of...
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Asian shares on defensive, sterling braces for Brexit vote
Asian shares were on back foot on Tuesday as an unexpected drop in China's exports heightened worries about the global economy while the British pound braced for a showdown in parliament over the government's Brexit plan. MSCI's broadest...
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Asia shares subdued, May's Brexit options eyed after crushing vote defeat
Asian shares took a breather on Wednesday after rallying the previous day on Chinese stimulus hopes, with investors assessing Brexit options after British lawmakers trounced Prime Minister Theresa May's deal to pull out Britain from the...
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Stock markets mixed in Asia, pound finds some peace
Asian stocks nudged higher on Thursday after see-sawing through a subdued session on concerns over China's economic outlook, while an anti-climactic end to the latest chapter in the Brexit saga offered sterling a moment's peace. Fresh...
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Disappointing Fed drags European shares back to 2016 levels
A disappointing rate outlook from the Federal Reserve dragged European shares down sharply on Thursday with several benchmark indexes hitting two-year lows on worries that tighter monetary conditions could further weigh on sluggish...
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UK markets rise as the curtain falls on a dim 2018
UK shares edged higher on Monday after comments by U.S. President Donald Trump helped alleviate some fears among investors about the U.S.-China trade dispute as a year plagued by worries about trade and slowing growth drew to a close....
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FTSE rises as international stocks gain amid Brexit turmoil
UK blue-chip shares were slightly higher on Wednesday on gains in British American Tobacco, Rolls Royce and companies with international earnings, as political chaos deepened following a leadership challenge to Prime Minister Theresa...
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Asian shares jolted by weak Chinese data, growth risks
Asian shares tumbled on Friday after China reported a set of weak data, fanning fresh worries of a sharp slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy and leaving investors fretting over the wider impact of a yet unresolved Sino-U.S....
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Asian shares perk up ahead of key policy events in China, U.S.
Asian share markets ticked up on Monday as investors cautiously looked to whether key policy events in the United States and China could allay concerns about slowing global economic growth. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares...
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Stocks rally as China-U.S. tensions ease; mines, oil lead gains
Mining and energy stocks led a rally in British equity markets on Monday after Washington and Beijing agreed a ceasefire in their trade conflict, which has upended financial markets, and oil prices surged ahead of the OPEC meeting....
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Stocks drop as falling U.S. yields, trade worries hit mood
Asian stocks slid on Wednesday, dragged down by Wall Street's tumble as sharp declines in long-term U.S. Treasury yields and resurgent trade concerns stoked investor worries about global economic growth. Global equities have been shaken...
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Stocks slide as Huawei arrest risks new strains in U.S.-China ties
U.S. stock futures and Asian shares slumped on Thursday after Canadian authorities arrested a top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei for extradition to the United States, feeding fears of a fresh flare-up in tensions between the two...
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Stocks extend decline as trade woes batter sentiment
Stocks extended their slump in early Asian trade on Monday, with U.S. equity futures off to a softer start for the week as worries over U.S.-China trade tensions battered investor sentiment. S&P futures were down 0.6 percent and the Dow...
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Asia shares fall as lift from US-China trade truce ends
Asian shares fell on Tuesday as a relief rally petered out amid rising doubts over whether China and the United States will be able to resolve trade differences. An inverted U.S. yield curve also raised concerns about a possible...
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Asia stocks drop, oil stymied as growth woes grip global markets
Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, weighed by a renewed bout of selling on Wall Street, and crude oil struggled after a sharp slide as economic growth concerns gripped global markets. The dollar stood tall, rallying from a two-week low, as...
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Asian shares tick up but oil rout dampens sentiment
Asian shares edged higher on Monday, though investors were cautious as plunging oil prices fanned worries about a dimming outlook for the global economy. Markets are also bracing for a crucial meeting between U.S. and Chinese leaders at...
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Asian shares tentative ahead of Trump-Xi meeting, Fed speech
Asian shares dithered on Wednesday and the dollar jumped to a near 1-1/2-year top as risk assets rowed back amid conflicting signals on prospects for de-escalating the Sino-U.S. trade dispute. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares...
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Asia stocks advance, dollar struggles on signs of more cautious Fed
Asian stocks advanced on Thursday, tracking a surge on Wall Street, after the chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve suggested it may nearing an end to its three-year rate tightening cycle, boosting interest in riskier assets. The dollar...
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Dollar hits 16-month high; tech woes crunch stocks
The U.S. dollar surged on Monday to its highest point in 16 months against a basket of currencies and world stocks fell broadly amid concern about political risks in Europe, while U.S. and European technology shares were hammered. Major...
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Asian shares falter, dollar at 16-month peak on Europe, Brexit woes
Asian shares stumbled on Tuesday after a rout in tech stocks inflicted a hefty sell-off on Wall Street, while the dollar hit a 16-month peak on safe haven bets amid political risks in Europe and acrimonious Sino-U.S. trade relations....
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Asian shares inch up, investors brace for U.S. elections
Asian shares ticked up in early Tuesday trade, supported by Wall Street gains although sentiment was tempered ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, the first major electoral test of President Donald Trump's big tax cuts and hostile trade...