Hong Kong’s office segment is picking up due to leasing demand from mainland Chinese law firms and financial groups, supported by a buoyant stock market that has seen an increasing number of companies launch initial public offerings (IPOs) in the city. Office-leasing activity in August grew for a fifth straight month, with tenants absorbing 313,800…
By Che Pan and James Pomfret BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Another tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project has docked in a Chinese port, ship-tracking data showed, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin met China’s leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. The LSEG tracking data indicated the Russian Voskhod LNG tanker was…
(Reuters) -Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq rebounded on Wednesday with Alphabet leading gains in some megacap stocks, while Dow futures edged lower ahead of labor market data due to be released later in the day. Google-parent Alphabet jumped 5.8% in premarket trading after a Washington judge ruled late on Tuesday that…
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Indian refiner Nayara Energy, backed by Russia and under European Union sanctions, is relying on a dark fleet to import oil and transport refined fuels, according to shipping reports and LSEG flows. Nayara, which controls about 8% of India’s 5.2 million barrel-per-day refining capacity, has been struggling to transport…
Jul 20, 2025 Shares in UK-listed companies may soon be available for trading round-the-clock as the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) plans to introduce a 24-hour trading platform. The initiative, which aims to attract overseas investors and younger traders, was reported by the Financial Times and can be read here. The move comes as traditional…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) -Apple shares rose in after-market trading on Thursday after the company forecast higher sales than Wall Street expected, a sign the company expects iPhone sales to recover as it rolls out artificial intelligence features. Apple executives said they expect sales for the current quarter to rise in the low- to mid-single…
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures edged up on Friday, with the S&P 500 and the Dow looking set to log their biggest weekly advances since November, while investors awaited a wave of policy changes under the incoming Trump administration. At 5:33 a.m. ET, Dow E-minis were up 127 points, or 0.29%, S&P 500 E-minis…
By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) – Dealmakers expect the momentum for new share sales in India, now the world’s busiest market for initial public offerings, and Australia in 2025 will cushion the impact of sluggish Chinese deals in the Asia Pacific. The Mumbai-based National Stock Exchange outranked the bigger U.S. exchanges in the amounts raised…