Stock exchange operator Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing (HKEX) will allow all listing applications to remain confidential and will reduce market-capitalisation requirements for listings by start-ups and international firms immediately, it announced on Friday. Confirming a report by the South China Morning Post, HKEX will proceed with confidential filing as it proposed in March in…
Hong Kong has surrendered its IPO fundraising crown to Nasdaq following SpaceX’s blockbuster listing earlier this month, but it did so while seeing its IPO proceeds register a year-on-year rise of about 84 per cent in the first half of 2026 – consolidating the region’s position as a primary offshore financial hub for Chinese issuers….
Hong Kong has been urged to extend its stock trading hours to maintain its status as an international financial hub, as competitors move towards near 24-hour operations to capture global liquidity. Speaking at the “Redefining Hong Kong 2026 Budget Edition” forum organised by the South China Morning Post on Monday, Kenny Shui Chi-wai, vice-president of…
People walk past the Exchange Square, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in Central, Hong Kong, Aug 20, 2025. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY) Hong Kong’s initial public offering (IPO) market staged a strong rebound in 2025, with 114 listings raising about HK$286.3 billion ($36.78 billion) — a 63 percent jump in deals and…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Bloomberg) — Bond traders all but scrapped their bets on a December interest-rate cut after the government canceled the publication of the October employment report, leaving Federal Reserve officials without a key piece of economic data before their final meeting of the year. Most…
By STAN CHOE, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting in mixed trading on Wednesday. The S&P 500 added 0.1% in morning trading and remains near its all-time high set a couple weeks ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 396 points, or 0.8%, after setting its own record the day before, while the…
Co-founded by Jennifer Garner, Once Upon A Farm, a Berkeley, California-based organic baby food company, recently announced its Initial Public Offering (IPO) filing. Pending SEC approval, it will list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker “OFRM”. According to its filing, Once Upon A Farm saw its six-month revenue increase…
00:00 Speaker A All right, General Motors is out with much better than expected earnings and a raised full year outlook, but the auto giant is still warning that tariffs from the Trump administration will hammer profits by as much as $4 billion. The company is also restructuring its EV business as it takes a…
NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) provides a daily pre-market update directly from the NYSE Trading Floor. Access today’s NYSE Pre-market update for market insights before trading begins. Kristen Scholer delivers the pre-market update on October 14th Equities are lower Tuesday morning after the S&P 500 booked its…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (Bloomberg) — A record-setting surge in US stocks has traders approaching the start of corporate earnings season with elevated expectations and little patience for companies that don’t meet the bar. Most Read from Bloomberg The S&P 500 is up 11% year-to-date, fueled in-part by…