Market Pulse - Asia
Commodities: USDA cuts Russian wheat crop forecast, cotton near 52-week high
Tuesday appeared set to be a near mirror image of the previous session's price action, with agriculture futures bouncing back sharply alongside losses in energy futures.
Arron Banks faces MPs' questions over potential Russian funding for Brexit
Key players from the Leave. EU platform, Arron Banks and Andy Wigmore, face a grilling from MPs on Tuesday over alleged meetings with the Russian ambassador during the campaign.
Asia report: Most markets higher after feel-good North Korea summit
Most markets in Asia spluttered to life to finish higher on Tuesday, as investors looked past a rocky weekend at the G7 meeting and instead focussed on the landmark meeting between US president Donald Trump and North Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
Chinese credit growth slowest since 2006 in May
The flow of credit in the Chinese economy reached its lowest ebb since 2006 last month, as borrowing by local governments slowed.
Trump and Kim sign historic statement at Singapore summit
President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un signed a joint statement in an important step towards the denuclearisation of North Korea at a summit in Singapore early on Tuesday.
US-Korea talks progressing 'more quickly than expected'
The White House has confirmed that discussions between the US and North Korea are progressing "more quickly than expected" ahead of Tuesday’s summit in Singapore.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher after disappointing G7 meeting
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Monday, as investors brushed off any depressed sentiment that might have come out of a less-than-impressive G7 meeting and ahead of a landmark meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Chinese producer prices beat forecasts in May
Consumer price inflation in China was stable last month, even as factory gate prices accelerated on the back of higher commodity prices.
Sunday newspaper round-up: Brexit, Russia, inflation, Rolls-Royce, Sainsbury's
The hidden scale of Kremlin links to the biggest donor to the Brexit campaign are revealed today. Arron Banks, the millionaire businessman who helped fund Brexit, was offered a business deal involving six Russian goldmines. He also had undisclosed meetings with the Russian ambassador to Britain — set up by a suspected Russian spy — and paid a previously unknown visit to Moscow at the height of the campaign. - Sunday Times.
Standard Chartered compliance chief resigns following probe
Standard Chartered bank's compliance chief Neil Barry is set to leave the firm with immediate effect following an internal investigation into his behaviour.
Asia report: Markets lower as tech stocks decline
Most markets in Asia finished lower on Friday, as sentiment took a dive following a decline in technology stocks on Wall Street overnight.
China trade data surprises, Japan's less so
China's trade performance was resilient in May with imports surging more than export growth to surprisingly reduce the monthly surplus, while Japan's first quarter economic output was confirmed.
China's ZTE agrees to $1bn fine and American compliance demands, US's Ross says
Chinese telecommunications giant ZTE has agreed to pay a $1bn fine and to the presence of a compliance team chosen by US officials inside the firm as part of a deal to regain access to American-made components and technology.
Asia report: Markets finish higher as sentiment improves
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Thursday, led by Japanese markets, after a solid session on Wall Street overnight was boosted by technology stocks.
IKEA commits to total ban on single-use plastic products by 2020
IKEA is planning to eliminate all single-use plastic products from its catalogue by 2020 in a bid to help solve the growing global environmental crisis resulting from their use.
Bids value BHP's US shale assets at $9bn
Multinational mining, metals and petroleum firm BHP Billiton has received the first round of bids for its US shale portfolio, valuing the unit at between $7bn and $9bn, according to sources who spoke to Bloomberg.
Asia report: Markets higher as investors brush off trade concerns
Markets in Asia finished in the green on Wednesday, as investors shrugged off trade concerns after a mixed session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets higher as sentiment improves
Most markets in Asia finished Tuesday's session higher, as investor sentiment improved ahead of the G7 meeting later in the week.
US asks OPEC to up oil production by 1.0m barrels per day
The US government is understood to have asked Saudi Arabia and some other OPEC producers to increase oil production by about 1m barrels a day.
Investor sentiment towards euro area collapses in June, Sentix says
Doubts around the new government in Rome have led investors to downgrade their expectations for euro area growth back to the levels last seen in August 2012, when European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi famously promised to do "whatever it takes" to stem the rout in euro area periphery debt markets.