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Global stocks mixed amid trade worries, big US hurricane

Global stocks were mixed on Wednesday, with Wall Street gyrating on the latest headlines connected to myriad trade confl...

September 13, 2018 3 min read

Kiwi dairy giant Fonterra posts first-ever loss

New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's largest dairy cooperative, posted its first-ever annual loss Thursday, admitting it ...

September 13, 2018 2 min read

China warns of 'serious hazard' of protectionism at WEF meeting

China warned Wednesday that protectionism poses a "serious hazard" to growth and cautioned "individual countries" agains...

September 12, 2018 3 min read

Asian markets stumble again as trade fears persist

The sell-off on Asian markets showed no sign of letting up Wednesday with investors fearing an escalation in the China-U...

September 12, 2018 3 min read
Oil jumps as Iran claims downed US spy drone

World oil prices rebounded strongly Thursday after Iran said it shot down a US spy drone near the Strait of Hormuz, a ma...

Dollar extends losses, Asia markets rally after Fed's indicates rate cut

The dollar extended losses and Asian markets enjoyed another day of gains Thursday after the Federal Reserve indicated i...

Japan, Turkmenistan sign deals worth over $18 bln in chemicals, energy

ASHGABAT, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Japan and Turkmenistan on Friday signed deals worth over $18 billion on a package of projec...

October 25, 2015 2 min read

Euro slides to 2-month low as Draghi hints at stimulus

(Reuters) - The euro skidded to two-month lows against the dollar on Friday, a day after the European Central Bank hinte...

October 23, 2015 3 min read

Asia stocks near 2-mth highs as China GDP calms hard-landing fears

(Reuters) - Asian shares held near two-month highs on Monday as a batch of Chinese data showed the world's second-larges...

October 19, 2015 3 min read

India's Starbucks rival sees solid demand for $177 mln IPO

MUMBAI, Oct 16 (Reuters) - India's biggest coffee chain operator Coffee Day Enterprises received nearly twice as many or...

October 18, 2015 2 min read

Japan PM Abe presses firms to lift capital spending to revive economy

TOKYO, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government on Friday urged Japanese firms to help revive the flagg...

October 18, 2015 2 min read

Why Australia's IAG threw in the towel on China

SYDNEY, Oct 16 (Reuters) - When Insurance Australia Group , the country's largest general insurer, announced ambitious p...

October 18, 2015 3 min read

Interview with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of UK visit

Oct 18 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Britain on Monday for a state visit at the invitation of Quee...

October 18, 2015 23 min read

New Air India boss bets on people power to fix ailing carrier

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Air India's new chief is betting an 'open door' policy will help defuse years of...

October 14, 2015 4 min read

Japan govt cuts economic assessment as output sags

TOKYO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Japan's government lowered its assessment of the economy on Wednesday as output sags, in a wor...

October 14, 2015 2 min read

New palm oil council would drop "no deforestation" pledge - Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - A new palm oil producer grouping being set up by Indonesia and Malaysia would replace "no de...

October 14, 2015 3 min read
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US Dollar 330.8514 330.9617
UK Pound 438.3450 438.2595
Euro 371.0168 371.5045
Yen 2.0916 2.0943
Aus Dollar 231.1659 230.8789
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Indian Rupee 3.4202 3.4195
Korean Won 0.2479 0.2467
Oman Rial 859.3320 859.6185
Saudi Riyal 88.0955 88.1577
UAE Dirham 90.0766 90.1066
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S&P SL20 5,783.03 -0.10%
CSE All Share 20,260.06 -0.28%
Turnover Rs 1193.67 million 1050.46 million
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3-m bill 7.61 7.84
6-m bill 7.91 8.26
12-m bill 8.23 8.3
3-yr bond 9.24 9.25
5-yr bond 9.82 9.56
8-yr bond 10.50 10.48
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Indonesia expected to hold rates amid currency pressure

(Reuters) - Indonesia's central bank is expected to keep its benchmark policy rate unchanged at 7.50 percent on Thursday...

October 14, 2015 2 min read

Oil extends fall on renewed worries over supply surplus

(Reuters) - Crude oil futures slipped on Wednesday, extending losses from the prior session when an International Energy...

October 14, 2015 2 min read

Playboy: Look no naked girls

(AFP) - Playboy will stop publishing the photographs of the fully nude women so closely associated with it, declaring su...

October 13, 2015 3 min read

Gold hits 7-week high as traders bet on U.S. rate hike delay

(Reuters) - Gold rose to 7-week highs on Monday as expectations that the Federal Reserve will postpone an expected U.S. ...

October 12, 2015 2 min read

EU bank could demand loans back from VW - EIB chief in paper

(Reuters) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) will examine whether Volkswagen used any loans from the European Union to...

October 12, 2015 2 min read

Crude oil futures rise after bullish forecast, 'loose' Fed minutes

(Reuters) - Crude oil futures rose in early Asian trade on thin volumes after an influential forecaster predicted that a...

October 9, 2015 2 min read

UK seen posting worst-in-class earnings drop in 2015

LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - As earnings season kicks off after a dismal summer for financial markets, the bleak outlook fo...

October 7, 2015 2 min read

Norway to dip into oil fund to pay for tax cut stimulus

OSLO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Norway's government said on Wednesday it will cut taxes next year to boost an economy hit by wea...

October 7, 2015 3 min read

US nationalists in congress to oppose TPP free trade benefits to poor

(Reuters) - Twelve Pacific Rim countries on Monday reached the most ambitious trade pact in a generation, aiming to libe...

October 6, 2015 4 min read

India announces plan to slow rate of greenhouse gas growth

NEW DELHI, Oct 2 (Reuters) - India has promised to shave a third off the rate at which it emits greenhouse gases over th...

October 4, 2015 3 min read