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US: Wall Street muted as markets assess softer-than-expected inflation data
Wall Street’s main indexes were muted on Friday (Feb 14), with communication services weighing as markets assessed softer-than-expected…
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Keppel, Chandra Asri’s Aster to assess development of Jurong Island sustainable aviation fuel plant
The proposed facility will have a planned production capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes of the fuel a year Keppel, through its…
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Oil prices settle lower as traders assess impact of winter storm on production
Oil prices settled slightly lower on Monday after climbing more than 2 per cent in the previous session as investors assessed the impact…
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HSBC weighs future of Singapore life insurance business as analysts assess impact on wealth strategy
The bank says this comes under the group’s global ‘ongoing simplification’ drive HSBC said on Friday (Jan 16) that it would conduct a…
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Wall Street slides at open as investors assess results from big banks
Wall Street’s main indexes fell at the open on Wednesday (Jan 14) as investors digested earnings from Bank of America and Citigroup, while…
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European stocks cool as traders assess Venezuela fallout, economic data
EUROPEAN stocks ended flat on Wednesday, snapping a run of record closes as investors paused to digest the latest US-Venezuela…
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South Korea central bank to assess incoming data to decide whether and when to lower rates
South Korea’s central bank will decide whether and when to implement any further interest rate cuts next year based on a comprehensive…
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Wall Street slips at open as investors assess key jobs data
Wall Street’s main indexes slipped at the open on Tuesday (Dec 16) after data broadly signalled a cooling US economy, paving the way for…
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European shares flat ahead of Fed decision; investors assess mixed corporate updates
EUROPEAN shares ended flat on Wednesday, as investors adopted a cautious stance ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision,…
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Wall Street opens lower as investors assess data, Microsoft falls
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Wednesday (Dec 3), as investors assessed data pointing to a weak jobs market, while Microsoft…
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US stocks opens mixed as investors assess data, Alphabet shines
Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at the open on Tuesday (Nov 25) as investors took stock of a series of delayed economic data to…
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Europe: Shares advance on Nvidia results lift; investors assess US jobs data
EUROPEAN shares closed higher on Thursday (Nov 20) after artificial intelligence (AI) bellwether Nvidia’s results quelled concerns around…
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US: Wall Street opens lower as investors assess corporate earnings, mixed economic data
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Nov 6), as investors digested a slate of corporate earnings, while concerns around US…
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Oil prices steady as investors assess US-China trade truce
Oil prices held steady on Thursday as investors assessed a potential trade truce between the United States and China after US President…
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US: Wall Street opens flat as investors assess earnings for direction
Wall Street’s main indexes opened flat on Tuesday (Oct 21), as investors assessed a wave of quarterly earnings from corporate majors. At…
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Asia: Stocks mixed as traders assess AI rally, US rates and shutdown
Technology firms have been riding to ever-higher levels this year, dragging equity markets with them as companies pump hundreds of…
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Gold steady near record high as markets assess Powell’s comment
The US weekly initial jobless claims report is due on Thursday, followed by the Personal Consumption Expenditures index, the Fed’s…
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Oil settles higher as investors assess attacks on Russian energy facilities
Oil prices settled higher on Monday as investors assessed the impact of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries and of US President…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 closes lower; investors assess Pernod Ricard, Nvidia earnings
EUROPE’S Stoxx 600 closed lower on Thursday, dragged down by healthcare stocks, while investors assessed earnings from Pernod Ricard and…
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Tool used to assess domestic abuse risk doesn't work, Jess Phillips admits
Leila Nathoo, political correspondent & Daniel Kraemer File on 4 Investigates The main screening tool used to decide which domestic abuse…
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Europe: Shares end flat as markets assess earnings flurry
EUROPEAN shares were unchanged on Friday, as losses in heavyweight healthcare shares were countered by an advance in oil and gas stocks,…
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US: Wall St opens mixed as investors assess Trump's latest tariff salvo
Wall Street’s main indexes opened mixed on Tuesday (Jul 8), as investors assessed President Donald Trump’s latest tariff offensive, and…
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NHS plans to DNA test all babies in England to assess disease risk
Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10…
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Europe: Shares slip as investors assess earnings, await Fed rate decision
EUROPEAN shares ended lower on Wednesday, pausing after weeks of strong gains, while investors monitored a raft of corporate earnings…