Hong Kong Informer

AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets rose steadily on Friday after two key indicators suggested the U.S. economic expansion will continue. The Conference Board reported that its leading indicator index for the U.S. increased 0.6 percent in April, following a 0.2 decline in March, due to recovering housing and labor markets. “In general, the (index) [...]

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — World stock markets shrugged off suggestions the U.S. Federal Reserve may begin to reverse some of its asset purchase programs by the end of the summer, and were mostly higher ahead of key data releases Friday. The Conference Board is due to report on U.S. leading indicators after North American markets open, [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trading Friday as investors digested a slew of disappointing economic data and corporate results from the U.S. Applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in six weeks, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, while manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region. The bright spot [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in recession, including [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. But lower-than-expected German economic growth disappointed investors elsewhere. The German economy narrowly avoided recession in the first quarter of 2013, with 0.1 percent growth for the quarter. However, analysts were expecting [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close [...]

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Hong Kong stocks declined early Monday after data released Friday showed Chinese bank lending slowed in April from levels seen in the previous month, and as markets remained cautious ahead of a slew of monthly economic data due to be released later in the day. The Hang Seng … Full News [...]

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U.S. stock indexes moved higher again Friday, with the Dow Jones industrial average setting yet another record in a third consecutive week of gains. A last-minute surge in trading apparently turned aside warnings … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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Cnooc Ltd. (883) , China's biggest offshore oil company, slid 1.1 percent, leading a measure of energy companies lower. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.4 percent to 23,163.22 as of 1:33 p.m. in Hong Kong. Four stocks declined for each that gained on the 50-member gauge, in trading volume 2.9 percent greater than the 30-day [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were pushed higher Wednesday by an improvement in China’s trade and yet another record-busting session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, driven by optimism that the U.S. economy will keep gaining momentum. There was also good news from [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were powered higher Wednesday by an improvement in China’s trade and yet another record-busting session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, driven by optimism that the U.S. economy will keep gaining momentum. There was also good news from [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — World stock markets were muted Tuesday as cheer over the better-than-expected U.S. jobs report faded. Japan’s benchmark stock index was the exception, surging 3.6 percent to close at 14,180.24 as it reopened following a long weekend holiday. That was the Nikkei’s highest close in nearly five years. In early European trading, Britain’s [...]

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/enpproperty–> HONG KONG — Hong Kong stocks closed up 21.66 points, or 0.1 percent, at 22,689.96 on Friday. The benchmark Hang Seng Index traded between 22,886.17 and 22,678.67. Turnover totaled Hk$ 56.23 billion ($ 7.25 … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday, finding renewed strength from a fall in U.S. jobless benefit claims and an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank intended to boost the region’s ebbing economy. Investors jittery over the state of the U.S. economy took heart from a U.S. Labor Department report that said [...]

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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Stocks in Hong Kong and Shanghai fell Thursday as investors got their first chance to react to Wednesday's weaker-than-expected data on Chinese manufacturing activity for April. The Hang Seng … Full News here – Hong Kong News latest RSS headlines – Hong Kong News.net

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