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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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US: Wall St opens lower as markets assess Trump’s tariff threats; Walmart drops
WALL Street’s main indexes opened lower on Thursday (Feb 20) as investors avoided risky bets after another bout of tariff threats from…
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US: Wall St opens slightly lower as markets assess latest tariff threats
WALL Street’s main indexes opened marginally lower on Wednesday (Feb 19) on worries over US President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats…
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US: Wall St opens muted as investors assess data, Trump economic emergency report
Wall Street’s main indexes opened subdued on Wednesday (Jan 8), as investors digested softer-than-expected jobs data and took stock of a…
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US: S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher as investors assess Trump’s tariff threats
THE benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq opened higher on Tuesday (Nov 26), with investors assessing Donald Trump’s tariff pledges on top…