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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq touch record highs after tame inflation data
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened at record highs on Friday (Jun 27) as a benign inflation report supported hopes for a dovish policy…
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Europe: Stocks hit one-week highs on Middle East ceasefire
European stocks soared on Tuesday (Jun 24), buoyed by a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, while a slump in oil prices dragged energy…
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Oil prices hit multi-week highs amid US-China trade talks
Oil prices hit multi-week highs on Monday, buoyed by a weaker US dollar, while investors awaited news from US-China trade talks in London…
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Europe: Stocks ease from two-month highs as retailers, luxury stocks weigh
EUROPEAN stocks were little changed on Wednesday as gains in broader stocks outweighed declines in luxury and retail stocks, while…
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Europe: Shares at near three-week highs as US-China trade tiff appears to ease
European shares climbed to a near three-week high on Wednesday (Apr 23), boosted by strong earnings from Europe’s largest software maker…
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Nielsen Streaming Top 10: ‘Adolescence’ Hits No. 1, ‘Wicked’ Debuts Big, ‘Severance’ and ‘The White Lotus’ Reach New Highs
Netflix’s groundbreaking limited series hit “Adolescence” has skyrocked to the top of the Nielsen charts. Per the ratings giant, the…
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Oil eases off five-week highs as traders weigh impact of imminent Trump tariffs
Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday as traders braced for reciprocal tariffs that US President Donald Trump is due to announce on Wednesday,…
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Oil approaches one-month highs as investors assess supply, trade war risks
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as traders assessed a tightening of crude supplies along with new US tariffs and their expected effect…
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ST Engineering on a tear; stock hits successive highs and is now more expensive than DBS and other leading blue chips
Analysts were bullish on ST Engineering, hiking their target prices for the counter as they cited a positive outlook and strong growth…
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Meta reduces stock options for staff despite trading at record highs: FT
META Platforms has cut back on its yearly distribution of stock options by about 10 per cent for tens of thousands of employees despite…
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Trump tariffs propel safe-haven gold to record highs
GOLD prices soared to a record high on Tuesday (Feb 11), as investors flocked to the safe-haven asset after US President Donald Trump…
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Singapore’s STI breaks through to a new record as banks hit fresh highs
The three banks, which contribute to about half of the STI, have hit highs multiple times in the past year SINGAPORE’s Straits Times Index…
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Gold hovers near all-time highs as Trump’s tariff threats lift safe-haven demand
GOLD prices firmed on Monday (Feb 10), and hovered near a record high hit in the previous session, as investors sought refuge in the…
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China Box Office Hits Record $1.3 Billion Over Lunar New Year, Imax Also Scales New Highs
China’s film market enjoyed a record-breaking Lunar New Year, amassing a staggering RMB9.51 billion ($1.31 billion) in total box office…
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Europe: Stoxx 600 slips from record highs amid rising yield pressure
European shares pulled back from its record highs and ended flat on Friday (Jan 24), weighed down by declines in the telecom and energy…
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US: S&P 500, Dow close at record highs on tech, retail in focus
THE S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average notched record closing highs in a shortened Black Friday (Nov 29) session, lifted by…
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Bitcoin at record highs, sets sights on US$100,000
BITCOIN touched a record high on Friday (Nov 22), with its sights set firmly on the US$100,000 barrier, in a stellar rally for the…
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Alibaba, JD tout Singles Day highs even as China’s economy sags
CHINA’S biggest e-commerce platforms issued a welter of numbers showing robust growth during the country’s biggest online shopping event…
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US: Wall Street at record highs as post-election rally continues
WALL Street’s main indexes opened at record highs on Monday (Nov 11) as optimism on proposed tax cuts and expectations of an easier…
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APEC hotel openings and pipelines hit new highs in 2024
The hotel development sector across the Asia-Pacific region, excluding China, has experienced remarkable growth through the third quarter…
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US: Wall Street hits all-time highs, Fed decision on tap
WalL Street’s main stock indexes hit record highs in the run-up to an interest-rate decision from the Federal Reserve on Thursday (Nov 7),…