US stock futures leaned higher on Monday as the federal government shutdown entered another week, eyeing a return to a strong rally that has pushed major indexes to fresh record highs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) nudged up 0.1%, while those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) gained 0.3%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100…
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Shares of Chinese car maker Chery Automobile jumped 11.2% as the company started trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday following its $1.2 billion initial public offering. Chery, best known for its Chery, Jetour and iCAR brands, is tapping investor appetite as it expands in the competitive electric…
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The yen tumbled against the U.S. dollar by the most in five months in early trading on Monday after Sanae Takaichi won the LDP leadership election at the weekend, setting the country on course for more expansionary fiscal policy and complicating the task facing the Bank of Japan. Source link
VOV.VN – This week, both domestic and international investors are closely watching October 8, when FTSE Russell is set to release its periodic market classification review, including the potential upgrade of Vietnam’s stock market from frontier to emerging status. Source link
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature French stocks slide on report new PM has resigned Newsflash: France’s stock market has suddenly lurched lower, as political turmoil in Paris ratchets up a notch. The CAC 40 share index has tumbled by 1.8%, following reports that France’s new prime…
Japan’s Nikkei stock index jumped nearly 5% on Monday and the yen weakened after its ruling party chose an ultra-conservative as its leader and likely first woman prime minister. Other Asian markets also were mostly higher. U.S. futures climbed and oil gained about $1 a barrel. The Liberal Democrats elected Sanae Takaichi, an ally of…
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By Rocky Swift and Junko Fujita TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese shares surged to a record high on Monday, while the yen and long-term bonds plunged as Sanae Takaichi was all but confirmed to become the country’s next premier, stoking bets on a revival in big spending and loose monetary policy. The Nikkei 225 Index soared 5%…
Sanae Takaichi listens to a question after visiting the Yasukuni shrine to honour the war dead durig the shrine’s spring festival in Tokyo on April 23, 2015. Toshifumi Kitamura | Afp | Getty Images Having won the presidency of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Sanae Takaichi is on the verge of becoming the country’s first…