Tag

Oil prices fell. But investors also saw opportunity, moving fast and early to snap up some bargains.

It’s ugly. But before you panic, let’s put this in perspective. “As it stands, the FTSE 100 is on course to post its biggest weekly decline of the year so far and there’s not a great deal on the agenda that would appear to have the ability to salvage the...

The New York Stock Exchange invoked a rule saying market makers don’t have to disseminate price indications before the opening bell in an effort to make it easier and faster to open stocks on a volatile trading day.

The New York Stock Exchange invoked a rule saying market makers don’t have to disseminate price indications before the opening bell in an effort to make it easier and faster to open stocks on a volatile trading day.

The TOPIX index of all First Section issues ended down 92.14 points, or 5.86 percent, at 1,480.87, the lowest level since February 17.

By increasing demand for them, the government hopes prices will rise. As the slide highlighted on Monday, those efforts have not been a success.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 8.5 percent, its biggest one-day loss since February 2007.

Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said that though markets would remain volatile for a while, the global economy’s fundamentals remained fairly strong.

Regulators said they would allow the State Pension Fund to invest up to 30 percent of its total net assets in stocks and other equities, but that move was an approval of a policy announced earlier and had no discernable impact on investor sentiment.

But sharp price falls are beginning to encourage demand and the IEA forecast world oil demand would grow by 1.6 million barrels per day this year, up 200 000 bpd from its previous estimate and the fastest pace in five years. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, crude oil for delivery...

Dubai’s stock market has closed almost seven percent lower in its first day of trading for the week after a further slide in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell into a correction on Friday, fueling the biggest losses since 2011 for other gauges. Emerging...

An increase in Iranian crude oil production of around 600,000 barrels per day is likely in the latter half of next year, a U.S. federal report found.

The Shenzhen Composite Index, which tracks stocks on China’s second exchange, dropped 3.00 per cent, or 66.56 points, to 2,155.49 on turnover of 480.9 billion yuan. But if China is starting a currency war, investor pain could get intense.

Hong Kong fell 1.53 per cent, or 347.85 points, to finish the day at 22,409.62 – its lowest point since May 2014 – taking it into a bear market after a more than 20 per cent slump from its April peak. The Nikkei 225 index ended day down 0.9% at 20,033.52 points....

“There’s no shortage of things people can cite, from the movement in currencies, to the weakness in commodities and fears about China“, Lee said. “This is about growth“. Gold futures rose as the selloffs spurred a flight to safety, with the yellow...