After a day of 12.4 percent drop, the steepest since 1987, the Nikkei 225 index, made up of the 225 largest companies on the Tokyo stock exchange, rebounded sharply in the first minutes of trading on Tuesday in Asia. Japan’s main stock index opened with a gain of 10.52 percent on Tuesday, at 34,353 points. … Read more
Finance “Hard landing in the USA: choosing corporate bonds and mortgage backed securities” Negative opening for Hong Kong and Chinese stock markets 1′ reading The Tokyo Stock Exchange began the first session of the week with a plus sign, following the bullish trend of US stock indices and the encouraging numbers from overseas job market. … Read more
2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Le European stock exchanges started off on the right foot in the first session of March, in the wake of the records set on Thursday by Wall Street and the new highs in Tokyo. US stock markets gained ground after “core” PCE inflation fell to 2.8% in … Read more
2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – They travel positively the European stock exchanges in the last session of February. All eyes are on the US PCE inflation figure, expected to rise by 0.3% after +0.2% in January, useful for understanding the Fed’s next moves in the area of monetary policy. In France, meanwhile, … Read more
Finance by Stefania Blasioli and Paolo Paronetto Tokyo closes negative. China’s central bank cut the 5-year prime lending rate (LPR) by 25 basis points 3′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – The handbrake is on European stock exchanges at the start, the day after a session already characterized by caution which saw the absence … Read more
Finance Chinese stock markets closed for Lunar New Year. Eyes turned to US inflation 2′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – Start just below parity for the European indices, with Milan starting again from the highest levels since spring 2008 on the day when all eyes will be on the key figure of American … Read more
Finance Mixed Asia: Hong Kong up, mainland China down 1′ reading The Tokyo stock market starts the first session of the week on the rise, settling at its highest level in 34 years, following the consolidation of US stock indices and the encouraging signals coming from technology. At the opening, the Nikkei reference list advanced … Read more
Finance by Stefania Blasioli and Chiara Di Cristofaro Tokyo interrupts the positive series 3′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – European stock markets are moving into negative territory following a lackluster session which saw trading on Wall Street halted for the Martin Luther King Day holiday. The Davos International Forum continues, which will end … Read more
Finance Hong Kong opens on a positive note, with a mixed start for mainland Chinese markets 1′ reading New record for the Tokyo Stock Exchange: the Nikkei stock average reaches its highest level since February 1990, thanks to the weakening of the yen which favors exporters and the Bank of Japan’s caution regarding the imminent … Read more
3′ reading (Il Sole 24 Ore Radiocor) – The European stock markets are moving cautiously above parity, looking for an ‘encore’ after the gains of the day before, following in the wake of Wall Street and Asia, where Tokyo closed at the highest levels since March 1990 driven by high-tech stocks. Milan is positive with … Read more