NEW YORK (REUTERS) – US stocks closed lower on Monday (April 19), slipping from last week’s record levels, as investors awaited guidance from first-quarter earnings to justify high valuations, while […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Oil prices fell 4 per cent per barrel on Thursday (March 25), extending a string of market weakness on renewed lockdowns in Europe and Asia to […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The Nasdaq ended higher on Friday (March 19), lifted by Facebook and energy shares, while the S&P 500 lost ground as US Treasury yields took a […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Rising bond yields spurred by concerns over inflation hammered tech stocks and sent Wall Street closing lower on Thursday (March 18), while oil markets slid on […]
BENGALURU (REUTERS) – Gold slumped to a near nine-month low on Thursday (March 4) pressured by gains in the US dollar and US Treasury yields after Federal Reserve chair Jerome […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks fell on Tuesday (March 2), giving back a portion of the gains from the prior session’s rally as investors girded for more volatility. […]
SINGAPORE – A woman was killed after a tree fell on her in Marsiling Park on Thursday morning (Feb 18). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) said that they were alerted […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – Wall Street stocks finished mixed on Wednesday (Feb 10), with the Dow at a record following dovish remarks from the Federal Reserve chairman regarding inflation and […]
Local shares ended the week on a flat note after a session that lacked direction for much of the day. Optimism also took a hit from news of a 3.6 […]
Local shares closed lower yesterday to mark a second week in the red amid a decline across the region. The uncertain sentiment left the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The Nasdaq pushed to a fresh record on Thursday (Jan 21) on lingering optimism over the US presidential transition, but petroleum-linked shares were hammered by early […]
NEW YORK • The Singapore dollar, euro, and Aussie and New Zealand dollars all posted more than two-year highs against the struggling greenback. The Singapore dollar was trading at US$1.3230 […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – The Singapore dollar, euro, Aussie and New Zealand dollars all posted more than two-year highs against the struggling greenback as investors bet on more US fiscal […]
Continued uncertainty about the Brexit talks and a United States stimulus package caused Singapore shares to end the week lower alongside other markets in the region. The benchmark Straits Times […]
Gold prices were yesterday set for a third straight week of declines as growing optimism over a coronavirus vaccine drove investors into traditionally riskier assets and out of the safe-haven […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – Japan’s core consumer prices fell in October at their fastest pace annual in nearly a decade as the boost from last year’s sales tax hike petered out, […]
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports (Nodx) shrank unexpectedly in October, snapping four straight months of growth, due to fewer shipments of non-monetary gold and electronics such as integrated circuits. Nodx fell 3.1 […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – After an unpredictable week, Wall Street finished Friday (Nov 13) on a high note, shrugging off concerns over the surge in Covid-19 cases and new pandemic […]
SINGAPORE – United Overseas Bank posted a 40 per cent drop in third-quarter net profit to $668 million from $1.12 billion a year earlier as the bank built up on allowances […]
NEW YORK (REUTERS) – Oil prices fell more than 5 per cent on Wednesday (Oct 28), sending Brent to a four-month low as surging coronavirus infections in the United States […]
