Asian stocks hit 2-month highs, oil upAsian shares rallied to two-month highs on Wednesday as overnight gains in oil prices and a swath of positive economic data from Australia to the US calmed fears of a global economic slowdown. Stock markets across the region were More… |
Oil extends gains as cold spell triggers demandCrude oil futures extended gains on Monday following a surge at the end of last week on short-covering and fuel demand triggered by freezing weather in parts of the northern hemisphere. Oil prices soared 10 per cent on Friday, one More… |
Oil extends gains as cold spell triggers demandCrude oil futures extended gains on Monday following a surge at the end of last week on short-covering and fuel demand triggered by freezing weather in parts of the northern hemisphere. Oil prices soared 10 per cent on Friday, one More… |
Asia stocks hit 4-year low as oil spirals lowerAsian share markets were in full retreat on Wednesday as a relentless slide in oil prices soured an attempted rally on Wall Street and dealt a further blow to global investors' appetite for riskier assets. US crude wallowed at More… |
Asian shares skid to 2011 levels as oil plummetsAsian shares slid to their lowest levels since late 2011 on Monday after weak US economic data and massive falls in oil prices stoked further worries about a global economic downturn. Oil prices fell as much as 4 per cent on Monda More… |
Asian stocks, dollar climb as Fed lifts offAsian stock markets jumped on Thursday as investors chose to take an historic hike in US interest rates as a mark of confidence in the world's largest economy, lifting the dollar and piling on the pain for oil prices. China al More… |
Asia slips as weak oil feeds growth worriesAsian stocks slipped on Thursday as weak oil prices continued to feed global growth worries, while the euro held solid gains after a policymaker poured cold water on market expectations of more easing by the European Central Bank. More… |
Oil price rout hits energy shares, dollar firmAsian stock markets teetered near their weakest levels in three weeks on Tuesday, as a rout in oil prices to near seven-year lows knocked global energy company shares and commodity currencies. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pac More… |
Oil price rout hits energy shares, dollar firmAsian stock markets teetered near their weakest levels in three weeks on Tuesday, as a rout in oil prices to near seven-year lows knocked global energy company shares and commodity currencies. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pac More… |
Stocks hit, euro shines after ECB disappointsAsian shares slipped while the euro retained lavish gains on Friday, a day after its biggest one-day surge in nearly seven years as the European Central Bank's stimulus package fell well short of markets' high expectations. More… |