SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China opened its stock option market to foreign investors on Tuesday, as Beijing steps up efforts to increase the appeal of yuan assets. The announcement by the Shanghai Stock Exchange comes on the heels of measures to lure global investors into China’s bond market, and promote international use of the Chinese yuan. The…
By Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s IPO market is heating up, fuelled by a share rally, regulatory changes and a credit splurge, but has failed to stir fresh interest from foreign investors despite the prospect that the market could be upgraded by index provider FTSE Russell. Last week brokerage Techcom Securities, a…
After years of scepticism and branding Chinese stock markets as “uninvestable”, foreign investors are once again turning their attention to Chinese equities, betting on the country’s resilience in artificial intelligence, semiconductors and biotech as well as a growing need for diversification beyond US assets.Progress in China’s AI adoption, its push in semiconductors, and breakthroughs in…
By Summer Zhen, Samuel Shen and Jiaxing Li HONG KONG (Reuters) -Foreign investors are plotting a return to China’s stock markets in a big way three years after pulling back and terming them uninvestable, encouraged by the tech opportunities on offer, and a growing demand for diversification beyond U.S. assets. Progress in China’s adoption of…
(Bloomberg) — Political upheaval is driving a split in Southeast Asia’s financial landscape, as investors bet that the worst may finally be over in Thailand but only just getting started in Indonesia. Foreign investors have pulled $653 million from Indonesia’s stock market this month, the worst period of selling since April as violent protests and…
By Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Indian rupee is expected to open marginally higher on Tuesday, building on the modest relief from the previous session, though sentiment remains fragile amid concerns over the fallout from higher U.S. tariffs. The 1-month non-deliverable forward indicated the rupee will open in the 88.10 to 88.14 range versus the…
By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen firmed on Monday after Japan’s ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house as investors braced for a period of policy paralysis and market tumult in the world’s fourth-largest economy ahead of a deadline on tariff negotiations with the U.S. The Japanese markets are closed for the…
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s stock market finally appears to be reversing years of underperformance against the rest of Europe, as a UK-US trade deal, lighter regulation and cheap stocks deliver juicy returns that are starting to attract foreign investors. The FTSE 100 (^FTSE) has gained nearly 10% this year to hit record highs this week, beating…
U.S. futures were up this morning in early trading after the S&P 500 rose 2% on Thursday. That’s nice, but the broader global markets have spoken loud and clear ever since President Trump’s “Liberation Day” announcement on trade tariffs: Most Asian markets have performed way better than Western ones. Some, like Japan’s TOPIX, are even…
President Trump has continued to voice his dissatisfaction with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. But should the president go as far as attempting to fire Powell, strategists say it would add to the pressure on US stocks. Michael Goosay, Principal Asset Management’s chief investment officer of global fixed income, told Yahoo Finance that such a…