Asia-Pacific region equities markets saw gains on Thursday on continuing indications that the US Federal Reserve will see the need to cut interest rates again soon after the Commerce Department there reported that durable goods orders were lower in August. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries and the S&P/ASX200 each rose by an identical 0.87 percent [...]

In Europe, equities markets declined on Tuesday as commodities-related shares fell with oil and metals prices. The Eurofirst 300 fell 1.04 percent to 1,529.91. The Dax dropped 0.24 percent to 7,769.44, while the CAC-40 was 0.89 percent lower to 5,641.59 and the IBEX was down 1.3 percent to 14,304.8. The oil sector declined as Total [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Thursday, but most managed gains. In Singapore, however, the Straits Times index dropped 1.17 percent to 3,552.46. India’s Sensex was 0.15 percent higher to 16,347.95, while the Kospi index gained 0.33 percent to 1,908.97 in South Korea. The Hang Seng added 0.57 percent to 25,701.13 for another [...]

London’s equities markets were up significantly on Tuesday. The FTSE 100 added 2.39 percent to 6,280.7, while the FTSE 250 gained 2.16 percent to 11,212.3. There were only two losers on the 100. Consumer electronics retailer DSG International (LSE: DSGI) dropped 0.2 percent to 146.9p. Pest control and facilities services group Rentokil Initial (LSE: RTO; [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Monday, with losers outnumbering gainers. Many markets were hurt by news that there were fewer jobs in the United States in August as well as on new data showing that Japan’s economy contracted by an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in the second quarter of the [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed again on Friday. In Taiwan the Taiex was up a bare 0.01 percent, or 1 point, to 9,018.08, while the Straits Times index closed at 3,488.97. The S&P/ASX200 gained 0.44 percent to 6,278.4 in Australia, while the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.5 percent to 6,296.5. Decliners included India’s Sensex, which dropped [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday, with the Shanghai Composite adding 1.56 percent to 5,393.66 as it fell back slightly after reaching a new record high during the day. The gains came after reports that the Chinese government will soon launch trade in stock index futures. Other regional markets that saw [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed again on Wednesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng closed above the 24,000 level for the first time, ending the session 0.77 percent higher to 24,069.17. Other gainers on the day included the Shanghai Composite, which added 0.31 percent to 5,310.72 and the Straits Times index in Singapore, which ended [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Tuesday, but mostly lower than higher. India’s Sensex added 0.28 percent to 15,465.4, while in Australia the Sydney Ordinaries gained 0.39 percent to 6,297.1 and the ASX/S&P200 was up 0.41 percent to 6,293.3. Otherwise, markets were lower. The Hang Seng index was 0.08 percent lower to 23,886.07 [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were lower again on Wednesday on reports of declining consumer confidence in the United States and on the sharp drop in US markets on Tuesday. In Australia, the S&P/ASX200 and the Sydney Ordinaries dropped by an identical 1.23 percent to 6,100.3 and 6,101.4 respectively. The declines there came in the banking [...]