Tag: stock market

Equity indexes from Shanghai to Seoul chalked up gains ... Housebuilder Taylor Wimpey rose 1.5% after announcing a special dividend. Financial stocks also rose, as French lenders BNP Paribas gained 1.63% and Societe Generale advanced 0.67%, while Germany ... ( read original story ...)

Global Financial Integrity (GFI), a leading research institution ... DM Photo: An image showing Chinese Yuan (RMB), British Pound, Euro, and the US Dollar notes, Shanghai, China, 08 November 2007. EPA/QILAI SHEN ( read original story ...)

[Chinese tourists] want experiences Hunter Williams, partner at Oliver Wyman “It’s become mainstream to the point that there’s lots of different Chinese travellers, as you have with other countries,” said Hunter Williams, a Shanghai-based partner ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.5 per cent to 27,667.39 while the Shanghai Composite index added 0.1 per cent to 3,294.41. Australia’s ASX/S&P 200 bucked the region’s trend, falling 0.5 per cent to 5,742.90 as commodity prices dropped. ( read original story ...)

“It is a weak rebound and I don’t think ChiNext can stop its declining trend,” said Alexandre Werno, Shanghai ... the bear-market rebound and lessen your load on the rebound.’’ Hong, who correctly predicted the bursting of China’s stock bubble ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares extended a rally on Tuesday as strong factory data boosted market sentiment, with the major stock index closing at the highest in nearly 19 months. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 0.6 percent to ... ( read original story ...)

Panasonic stock was off 2.2 percent and Mizuho ... traded in Hong Kong were down 1.57 percent and Shanghai-listed shares fell 0.99 percent. On the earnings front, Japan's Honda reported after the market close that it topped expectations for its first ... ( read original story ...)