Market Pulse - Asia
Asia report: Markets mixed as Japanese manufacturing contracts again
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Thursday, with stocks in Japan marginally higher after the country’s manufacturing activity contracted for the fourth month in a row.
China vows retaliation against any US wrong tariff action
China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that it hopes the United States will stop its wrongful tariff actions, warning that Beijing would retaliate for any new levies.
AstraZeneca granted marketing authorisation for Roxadustat in China
Biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has received marketing authorisation for Roxadustat in China for the treatment of anaemia caused by chronic kidney disease in non-dialysis-dependent patients.
UK tech companies ahead of US in attracting foreign investment
UK tech businesses have secured a total of £5. 5bn ($6. 7bn) in foreign investment since January 2019, with £3. 1bn of it originating in the US and Asia, government data revealed.
Asia report: Markets turn lower as recession fears reemerge
Markets in Asia were broadly in the red on Wednesday, on the back of a turn lower stateside overnight as fears of a global recession heated up once more.
MOD Resources lays out scheme for recommended acquisition by Sandfire
MOD Resources updated the market on the proposal from Sandfire Resources to acquire 100% of the issued shares of the company by way of a scheme of arrangement on Wednesday.
Pompeo says Hong Kong violence would make China trade deal 'more difficult'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday warned Beijing that a violent crackdown on protests in Hong Kong would make a trade deal between the US and China "more difficult".
Xtract Resources reports positive test results at Zambia mine
Xtract Resources on Tuesday reported positive assay results from preliminary sampling of mine tailings at the Kalengwa copper project in Zambia.
Asia report: Markets mixed as PBOC takes wraps off new rates
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Tuesday, as the People’s Bank of China took the wraps off its new loan prime rates, calculated under a new mechanism, and investors digested the latest policy meeting minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Cadence Minerals leaps as Yangibana Project wins environmental approval
Cadence Minerals shares jumped on Tuesday as it announced the granting of an environmental permit for the Yangibana Rare Earths Project in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia.
Commodities: Crude gains after drone attack on Saudi field, gold futures dip
Strength in energy futures helped offset weakness in metals and agricultural futures at the start of the week amid more positive news headlines on global trade and speculation of further policy easing by several of the world's major central banks.
CK Asset Holdings to buy Greene King for 850p a share
Shares of Greene King surged on Monday as the pub group agreed to be bought by a subsidiary of CK Asset Holdings, the flagship of the CK Hutchison Group, for 850p a share in cash.
US Commerce Department set to renew temporary Huawei license, Ross says
The US Department of Commerce will extend its temporary general licence for Chinese telecommunications equipment giant, Huawei, for another 90 days.
Trump rejects doing business with Huawei over national security concerns
Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he may not want to do business with Huawei "at all” over concerns that it poses a national security threat.
Asia report: Markets move higher on prospect of stimulus measures
Markets in Asia finished higher on Monday, with China stocks rising in particular, as investors watched US Treasury yields rise after they plummeted last week.
Week ahead: Huawei, Jackson Hole symposium in focus
The economic calendar will be exceedingly thin over the coming week and back-end loaded but with several potential key risk events strewn across investors's paths.
Telstra monetises AUD 1bn of assets as part of 'T22' strategy
Australian telecoms provider Telstra announced that it had reached AUD 1bn (£560m) in asset monetisation on Friday, as it reported the establishment and part-sale of an unlisted property trust to own 37 of its existing exchange properties.
Asia report: Markets mixed with bonds, trade in focus
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Friday, with investors keeping a close eye out for developments on the US-China trade front, and on US Treasury bond yields.
Commodities: Energy futures slip amid volatile trading but gold sparkles bright
A widely-followed proxy for commodity prices continued to flirt with its 52-week lows on Thursday amid ongoing strength in the US dollar against a backdrop of choppy trading in stockmarkets around the world as China said it would retaliate against the latest round of US trade tariffs and President Donald Trump responded that any deal had to be on American terms.