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Qatar’s bourse yesterday opened the week with the largest single-day gain in 12 weeks, paced by Industries Qatar (IQ) and Commercialbank (Cb).
Strong institutional buying lifted the 20-stock benchmark by 1.87% to close at 6,854.76 points, also
The mainland’s key stock index closed up 0.73 percent, with property shares higher after officials’ comments suggesting caution on policy eased worries about measures to curb prices.
The Shanghai Composite Index ended the session at 3,053.23 po
Most German stocks advanced as Metro AG rose after Morgan Stanley raised its recommendation on the stock, offsetting a decline in shares of Salzgitter AG.
The benchmark DAX Index advanced 0.2 percent to 5,887.99 as of 10:02 a.m. in Frankfurt,
U.K. stocks were little changed after the biggest weekly jump since July for the FTSE 100 Index as gains by mining companies offset declines among drugmakers.
BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s largest mining company, and Rio Tinto Group climbed
Japanese government bond futures slipped further on Monday from a two-month peak hit last week, as growing optimism about a global economic recovery prompted investors to shift money to stocks from government debt.
U.S. monthly employment data
China’s stocks rose the most in a week on the prospect the government may delay withdrawing stimulus to support the economy and the nation’s property developers would benefit from possible currency appreciation.
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. advan
Chinese property stocks are “very reasonably valued” and the prospect of an appreciating yuan may spur a rebound for the worst-performing industry this year, according to Robeco Hong Kong Ltd.’s Victoria Mio.
“This sector has been significant
Dubai Financial Market, the Arab worlds only listed exchange, will revise changes to the way it lists stocks, it said in an emailed statement yesterday.
In an abrupt u-turn, the bourse said only stocks worth less than 1 dirham would trade to th
The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) and its major indicators ended the first trading session of the week in the red yesterday. Profit-taking seen in the banking sector pushed the stock prices down. Global General Index (GGI) shed 1.62 points (-0.77 percent) d
Latin American averages get a lift in step with U.S. markets, climbing after a better-than-expected February employment report.
The U.S. Labor Dept. said U.S. employers cut a smaller-than-expected 36,000 jobs in February, leaving the unemployme
