Market Pulse - Asia
Trump rebuffs China's call for 'market economy' status
The White House has formally rejected China's call to be considered a "market economy" under global trading rules, heightening tensions between two of the world's largest economies.
Russia reportedly onboard with OPEC output cut extension to end-2018
Crude oil futures are holding near their session highs after the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries signaled they want to extend the group's current output curbs until the end of 2018.
Asia report: Most markets lower as tech stocks fall
Most markets in Asia finished lower on Thursday, with tech plays leading losses in many countries following the lead of their Wall Street peers overnight, as oil prices strengthened.
Asia report: Markets higher as traders shrug off Pyongyang missile
Markets in Asia were mostly higher on Wednesday, as traders appeared to brush off the latest missile launch from a belligerent North Korea.
North Korea fires ballistic missile
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile into the sea off Japan, breaking a two-month lull.
Metal Tiger clinches Environmental Affairs approval for drilling extension at T3 deposit
Metal Tiger has announced on Tuesday that the extension of drilling north of the T3 Botswana Copper and Silver Project had received Environmental Affairs approval.
Asia report: Markets mixed as SoftBank makes bid for Uber shares
Markets in Asia finished their sessions mixed on Tuesday, after a similarly mixed session on Wall Street overnight, with a major offer out of Japan for embattled minicab service Uber high on the agenda.
Commodities: Gold and Bitcoin gain, even as WTI traders take some profits
Commodities were mostly higher outside of copper and the agricultural space.
Sector movers: Miners under pressure as focus turns to Chinese property sector again
Miners came under selling pressure at the start of the week as data revealing a modest slowdown in Chinese industrial profits called attention to the outlook for the country's property sector, a key driver for demand for multiple commodities around the world, including for copper and iron ore.
KEFI Minerals makes "considerable" progress at Tulu Kapi Gold Project in Ethiopia
KEFI Minerals, the gold development and exploration company, has announced on Monday "considerable progress" regarding development of the Tulu Kapi Gold Project in Ethiopia.
Keep 'buying the dips' (with a caveat or two), Citi says
Keep buying the dips, this bull market still has legs, strategists at Citi told clients, albeit with two caveats.
Asia report: Markets finish Monday mostly lower
Markets in Asia finished mostly lower on Monday, with weakness in Korean tech firms leading losses on the peninsula while Chinese traders kept a watchful eye on bond markets.
Andalas finalises placing for funding of Sumatran project
Indonesia-focused oil and gas firm Andalas Energy and Power finalised a discounted equity placing of 1. 27bn new ordinary shares on Monday, raising £500,000 for its Sumatra-1 project in the process.
Week ahead: US Fed Powell's Senate confirmation and OPEC summit in focus
The market spotlight during the coming week will be on the US Senate Banking Committee's hearing on the nomination of Jerome Powell as the next chair of the US Federal Reserve.
Commodities: Natural gas, gold slip despite US dollar weakness
Commodities put on a mixed performance on Friday despite weakness in the Greenback, amid a sharp drop in natural gas futures and a dip in gold which traders attributed to a pick-up in risk appetite.
South Africa under pressure after S&P cuts to 'junk', ANC congress in focus
Standard&Poor's has become the second major agency to cut its rating on South Africa's long-term sovereign debt to 'junk' with the third, Moody's, placing its own ratings under review for a possible downgrade.
Russia and OPEC agree to extend oil output cuts until end-2018
The Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Countries and the Russian Federation have agreed on the broad outlines of a deal to extend their crude oil supply cuts until the end of 2018.
S&P raises 2018 Brent oil price assumption to $55 a barrel
Analysts at S&P Global raised their expectations for Brent crude oil in 2018 to $55 a barrel on Friday.
Extremists kill 115 people in attack on Egyptian mosque
At least 115 people have been killed with dozens more wounded when extremists carried out a devastating attack on a mosque in the Egyptian town of Bir al-Abed located on the Sinai peninsula.
SDX Energy commences digging operations at KSR-16 well in Morocco
North Africa-focused oil and gas company SDX Energy has commenced digging operations at its KSR-16 well, the third of a nine well drilling programme on the company's Sebou, Gharb Centre and Lalla Mimouna permits in Morocco, the company announced on Friday.