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Asia shares retreat again as China stocks’ recovery short-lived
Asian shares retreated in choppy trade on Tuesday, led by Chinese stocks, whose early rebound fizzled out as…
China stocks slump 7% on opening day of 2016, trading halted
Chinese stock markets tumbled 7 percent in their opening session of 2016 on Monday as weak factory activity surveys…
Stocks slip, close year mixed; oil ends ugly 2015 with slight gain
Stock and bond markets in major economies closed 2015 with a mixed performance, while oil prices and emerging…
Shanghai stocks end 2015 up 9.4 pct, beating Wall Street
Shanghai stocks ended 2015 up nearly 10 percent, beating Wall Street and most other major markets, and shaking off…
Nikkei edges up on final day of 2015; ends year up 9.1 pct
Japanese stocks edged up in thin trade on Wednesday after a Wall Street rally helped brighten sentiment on the…
European shares to end 2015 with gains, albeit below earlier peaks
European shares were set on Thursday to end 2015 with gains made over the course of the year, although they…
U.K. stocks slip, drastically underperform Europe in 2015
There were no fireworks in London on Thursday, with most stocks trading in negative territory, deepening the…
FTSE falls as oil prices plunge, IMF boss predicts ‘disappointing’ global…
Britain's FTSE index closed lower Wednesday, amid falling oil prices and a warning from the head of the…
Asian stock markets, led by Australia, mostly gain as oil prices rebound
Stock markets in Asia went up Wednesday as a recovery in oil prices lifted energy shares. Australia’s S&P/ASX…
China stocks sink in Hong Kong to extend Asia’s biggest losses
Chinese stocks in Hong Kong extended the biggest sell-off in Asia this year on concern the nation’s deepening…
