Japan's key stock index extends longest losing streak since 1954 on oil price worries Star Tribune | TOKYO - Japan's key stock index extended its longest slide in more than a half-century, as record oil prices intensified concerns over the impact on corporate earnings and consumer demand. | The benchmark Nikkei 225 Stock Average lost 27.51 points, or 0.21 percent, to 13,237.89. The broader Topix ...
Peso at 9-month low, index weakest in nearly 2 years The Daily Tribune | 07/03/2008 | The peso hit a new nine-month low while the stock index was at its lowest in nearly two years as fears grew among investors that inflationary pressures in the region would significantly affect economic growth. | Share prices closed 0.9 percent down to a fresh 22-month low with the com...
Taiwan's main stock index rises 3.5 pct The Boston Globe | TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan's main stock index climbed 3.46 percent Wednesday on Wall Street's overnight gain. | The Weighted Price Index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange rose 244.18 points, or 3.46 percent, to 7,309.83 points. | Weaker oil prices also...
Stock indexes rise as oil declines Star Tribune | NEW YORK - Wall Street shook off early doldrums and closed sharply higher Tuesday after another drop in oil prices encouraged investors to set aside financial sector worries and go bargain hunting across the market. The Dow Jones industrial average...
Taiwan stock index up almost 4 percent The Boston Globe | TAIPEI, Taiwan—Taiwan's main stock index climbed nearly 4 percent Monday, boosted by last week's strong performance on Wall Street and gains on regional bourses. | The Weighted Price Index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange rose 270.35 points, or 3...
Toronto stock index gets lift from oil price Canada Dot Com | TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index was up more than 100 points on Friday morning, as a rise in oil prices boosted energy issues and healthy U.S. bank results added momentum to financials' run-up. | The price of crude reboun...
Stock indexes surge as oil plunges LA Daily News By Tim Paradis, The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/16/2008 09:27:34 PM PDT | NEW YORK - Wall Street at least temporarily shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones ...
India's key stock index drops 3 percent The Boston Globe | NEW DELHI—Indian shares have dropped sharply in early trade, tracking other regional markets. | The Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark Sensex index fell 410.6 points, or over 3 percent, to 12,919.9 in early trade Tuesday. The Sensex started di...
Toronto stock index up 130 points on energy, banks Canada Dot Com | TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index jumped 130 points at the open on Monday, boosted by strength in its key energy and financials sectors. | The S&P/TSX composite index was up 130.60 points, or 0.95 percent, at 13,8390.70. (...
Wall Street unnerved by Apple results The Times | Fears that an impending American recession is eroding US corporate profits were heightened last night after Apple gave warning that sales for the last quarter of the year would be $500 million lower than expected. | On Wall Street, traders marked down the price of Apple stock by 10 per cent in after-hours trading as the maker of iPods and the iPh...
Most Chinese worry about inflation, jobs, pollution Inquirer | WASHINGTON -- Most Chinese are concerned about rising prices, unemployment and labor conditions, although they have a positive view of the way things are going in their country, a poll by a US group showed Tuesday. | A whopping 96 percent of those surveyed by the Pew Research Center, a nonpartisan group in Washington, described rising prices as a...
