By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asia’s stock markets pulled back and major currencies were held in check on Friday, as investors await the U.S. response to China tightening control over the city of Hong Kong. China’s parliament on Thursday pressed ahead with national security legislation for the city, raising fears overRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Hong Kong shares tumbled on Friday after Beijing moved to impose a new security law on the city after last year’s pro-democracy unrest, risking fresh protests and further straining fast-deteriorating U.S.-China ties. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 3.7% to a seven-week low, helping to pullRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stocks struggled to extend the week’s rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a skeptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns about bumps in the global recovery from the pandemic returned. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outsideRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stocks were set to rise on Friday amid investor optimism about the re-opening of the U.S. economy from coronavirus lockdowns and possibly more stimulus that could fuel a recovery. U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to negotiating another possible stimulus bill amid theRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The dollar slipped on Friday as investors defied a broader sense of doom around upcoming U.S. employment data and found reasons to buy riskier currencies with more governments slowly reopening their economies for business. The greenback was undermined by a further hit to its yield attractionRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands The yen scaled a three-year high against the euro and a seven-week peak on the dollar on Wednesday after a court decision challenging German participation in Europe’s stimulus program and worries about a bumpy global recovery spooked investors. Germany’s highest court on Tuesday gave the EuropeanRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stock markets managed to hold onto earlier gains on Friday as China’s economy reported its first contraction since 1992. China reported earlier in the day that its gross domestic product in the first quarter shrank by 6.8% year-on-year. Chinese industrial production fell 1.1% year-on-year in March, less than the predicted 7.3%, as the country slowly increased its production capacityRead More →
By Administrator_India Capital Sands Asian stock markets were up on Tuesday with modest gains despite the economic uncertainty unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.89%. Conglomerate Softbank Group saw its shares gain 2.95% as they rallied from an earlier drop of more than 3% the day before. The company announced that its Vision Fund expected to see a loss of JPY 1.8 trillionRead More →