Bounce

Who would have thought as recently as a few months ago that the Hang Seng Index would be the world’s best performing major stock market in April? Last month, Hong Kong’s benchmark index rose 7.4 per cent, bringing its gains since January…

“There are more clients coming back to look at the China market and asking us about market views,” Liu Minyue, an investment specialist at BNP Paribas Asset Management in Hong Kong, said in an interview. “Sentiment seems to be…

Expect the first fall in interest rates in the UK to come in May. Why so sure? Well, let’s start with what is happening here.This coming Thursday we get the quarterly update on the economy from the Bank of England in its Monetary…

US stocks climbed early Thursday in a rebound after the major indexes suffered their worst daily sell-off in months.The S&P 500 (^GSPC) popped about 0.8% at the market open, a comeback from the biggest single-day loss for the…

Crude oil prices are at lows not seen in months. There seem to be few factors capable of changing that. Yet commodity analysts seem to be more bullish when it comes to 2024.The key to that bullishness is demand. Even after the IEA…

Hong Kong stocks rose by the most in three weeks on optimism a key political and economic meeting in Beijing this week could offer some upside catalysts. Technical indicators suggest the market sell-off this month is almost overdone.The…

Investors watch computer screens displaying stock price figures at a stock exchange hall.Jiang Sheng | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets were mostly higher on Monday after most major bourses ended lower in the…

45 Mins AgoNikkei 225 briefly touches 33-year highs, highest since May 1990Japan's Nikkei 225 briefly touched 33 year highs on Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 reaching an intraday a high of 33,848.98. This surpassed the…

The Pentagon confirmed that the US had launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a growing number of attacks on bases housing US troops in the region for the…

Dow Jones futures turn lower Friday morning, while S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures rose. Amazon.com (AMZN) headlined earnings Thursday night, with Exxon Mobil and Chevron reporting early Friday. X The stock market…