International Markets
Tokyo stocks up 2.04%, adds 346.62pts to 17,318.27pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 2.04 percent Tuesday morning on bargain-hunting after tumbling a day earlier in response to data showing...
Brent dips below $79 ahead of OPEC meeting
SINGAPORE: Brent crude Tuesday further decreased below $79 a barrel ahead of critical OPEC meeting. Speculation about OPEC's response to...
Brent crude drops 41 cents to $78.90, OPEC likely to overshadow EIA oil data
LONDON: Brent crude dropped 41 cents to $78.90 a barrel by 0315 GMT, after settling 10 cents lower. The front-month...
Tokyo stocks recover 1.68% by break, Nikkei 225 adds 285.17 points
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 1.68 percent Tuesday morning on bargain-hunting after tumbling a day earlier in response to data showing...
Tokyo stocks begin 1.27% positive, Nikkei 225 up 215 points
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened 1.27 per cent higher on Tuesday on bargain-hunting after sliding a day earlier as weaker-than-expected domestic...
Brent crude lowers $1.08 to $78.33 as Japan slips into recession
SINGAPORE: Brent crude plunged more than $1 to near $78 a barrel on Monday following news that Japan, the world's...
Tokyo stocks record biggest slump, Nikkei 225 nosedives 3% on Japan recession fears
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks suffered their biggest slump as Nikkei benchmark closed down 3.0 percent at 16,973.80, its lowest since Nov 10...
Japan in recession: Economy contracts 1.6%, stocks plunge 2.6% from 17,490pts to 17,026pts, snap polls
TOKYO: Japan's economy unexpectedly slipped into recession in the third quarter, setting the stage for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to...
40,000MW power by 2020, Nigeria eyes 7,200MW from renewable energy sources
ABUJA: Under the Nigerian government plan to generate 40,000MW power by 2020, about 7,200 megawatts of electricity will be produced...
Tokyo’s Nikkei down 2% on Japan recession news; Hong Kong, Shanghai stocks open 1% higher
TOKYO: Japanese stocks skidded on Monday, helping the yen rebound from a fresh seven-year low against the dollar touched after news...
Brent oil to reach $72-74 within 2014, face-off with recession monster
LAHORE: Brent crude plunged to $79 a barrel on Monday following news Japan, the world's fourth-biggest crude importer, had slipped...
Tokyo stocks up 0.56% to close at 17490.83pts, highest since 2007
Tokyo: Tokyo stocks rose 0.56 percent on Friday to a more than seven-year high. It recovered earlier losses after the...
China’s Shanghai Composite Index down 0.52%, Hong Kong China Enterprises Index dips 0.63%
SHANGHAI: China stocks slightly fell on Friday, with profit-taking in financial shares weakening mainland indexes, while Hong Kong was little...
Tokyo stocks slip 0.36% despite another record close on Wall Street
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks slipped 0.36 percent Friday morning despite another record close on Wall Street, as profit-takers moved in after...
Ghana raises key interest rate to 21pc from 19pc
ACCRA (BERNAMA): The Bank of Ghana raised its key Monetary Policy Rate by 200 basis points to 21 percent from...
Asian stocks mixed, Tokyo stocks add 0.26%, HK-Shanghai remain flat
HONG KONG: Asian markets were mixed Thursday after a record-breaking rally on Wall Street finally came to an end, while...
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index surges 0.6%, Shanghai Composite Index up 1%
HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares soared on Wednesday ahead of the launch of a landmark scheme linking Hong Kong's stock...
Tokyo stocks surge 0.43% to record 7-yr high on strong Wall Street
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks surged 0.43 per cent on Wednesday as a weak yen and another record close on Wall Street...
Japanese stocks climb 7-year high, Nikkei up 1.4% on no-tax-hike reports
TOKYO: Japanese stocks climbed on reports that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is not going to implement sales tax to rejuvenate...
Hang Seng up 0.6%, Hang Seng China adds 1% on HK-Shanghai Stock Connect news
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks surged for a second consecutive day Tuesday as investors got huge confidence after approval of...
