ASIA: China’s embattled property sector made new progress in its climb out of a months-long slump as official data for January-February on Wednesday showed much narrower declines in home sales, developer investment and construction starts. Home sales by floor area in the first two months of 2023 fell 3.6% from a year earlier, according […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 610.92 points or -2.19% to 27,222.04 Shanghai decreased 23.38 points or -0.72% to 3,245.31 Hang Seng decreased 448.01 points or -2.27% to 19,247.96 ASX 200 decreased 99.90 points or -1.41% to 7,008.90 Kospi decreased 61.63 points or -2.56% to 2,348.97 SENSEX […]
ASIA: China’s efforts to ramp up lithium extraction could see it accounting for nearly a third of the world’s supply by the middle of the decade, according to UBS AG. The bank expects Chinese-controlled mines, including projects in Africa, to raise output to 705,000 tons by 2025 from 194,000 tons in 2022. That would lift […]
ASIA: Xi Jinping secured a precedent-breaking third term as president of China on Friday during a parliamentary session in which he tightened his control of the world’s second-largest economy as it emerges from a COVID slump and diplomatic challenges mount. Nearly 3,000 members of China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), voted unanimously […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 178.96 points or 0.63% to 28,623.15 Shanghai decreased 7.15 points or -0.22% to 3,276.09 Hang Seng decreased 125.51 points or -0.63% to 19,925.74 ASX 200 increased 3.30 points or 0.05% to 7,311.10 Kospi decreased 12.82 points or -0.53% to 2,419.09 […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 135.03 points or 0.48% to 28,444.19 Shanghai decreased 1.85 points or -0.06% to 3,283.25 Hang Seng decreased 483.23 points or -2.35% to 20,051.25 ASX 200 decreased 56.90 points or -0.77% to 7,307.80 Kospi decreased 31.44 points or -1.28% […]
ASIA: India’s domestic economy is its primary engine of growth and the slowdown in economic activity late last year will only be temporary, said Moody’s Analytics on Tuesday. Citing that the private consumption lagging overall GDP for the first time since the Delta wave of Covid-19 struck the economy in the second quarter of 2021, […]
ASIA: Retail sales of vehicles in India jumped 16% to around 1.8 million units in February, helped in part by strong demand during the wedding season, an industry body of automobile dealers said on Monday, adding that festivals could push the sales higher in March. Sales have picked up in the last two months […]
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 428.60 points or 1.56% to 27,927.47 Shanghai increased 17.74 points or 0.54% to 3,328.39 Hang Seng increased 138.08 points or 0.68% to 20,567.54 ASX 200 increased 28.20 points or 0.39% to 7,283.60 Kospi increased 4.22 points or 0.17% to 2,432.07 […]
ASIA: U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the World Bank, ex-Mastercard Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga, said he plans to travel to Europe, Asia, Africa and potentially Latin America in coming weeks to hear from donor countries and borrowers on challenges facing the global institution. Biden last week nominated Banga, to head the […]