Asian stocks fell this week, dragging the regional benchmark index to its first monthly drop since May, as reports from Japan, China and South Korea signaled an economic slowdown is deepening.
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Saturday, 1 September 2012
U.S.STOCK
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after several days of muted trading as investors took a defensive posture before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s much-awaited speech on Friday.
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U.S.TREASURY
U.S. Treasuries yields fell to their lowest levels in three weeks. Treasury prices rose. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was up 16/32 in price to yield 1.5722 percent.
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NIKKEI
Loss-making electronics company Sharp Corp will receive an additional 150 billion yen ($1.92 billion) from Mizuho Corporate Bank and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, helping it stay afloat through the end of the month, the Nikkei business daily reported.
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OIL
Oil production and 7 percent of natural gas output, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. About 30 percent of U.S. natural gas processing plant capacity and 44 percent of the country’s oil refining capacity lies along the Gulf Coast, the EIA said.
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LME COPPER
Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closed at $7,610a tone on Friday.
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COPPER
Copper production at Chile’s Codelco fell 6.4 percent in the first half from a year earlier to 767,000 tonnes, the miner said on Friday, but the world’s No. 1 copper producer said it still intends to produce around 1.7 million tonnes this year.
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GOLD
Gold surged 2 percent in heavy trading on Friday to a five-month high, and looked set to resume its years-long rally after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s key speech raised hopes of a new round of monetary stimulus for the U.S. economy.
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U.S.MARKET UPDATE
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after several days of muted trading as investors took a defensive posture before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s much-awaited speech on Friday.
The Dow Jones industrial average was up 90.13 points, or 0.69 percent, at 13,090.84. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index was up 7.10 points, or 0.51 percent, at 1,406.58. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 18.25 points, or 0.60 percent, at 3,066.96.
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Friday, 31 August 2012
ASIAN STOCK
Asian shares fell to four-week lows on Friday as investors cooled expectations that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will offer any signal of a further monetary stimulus at a speech before fellow central bankers later in the day.
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U.S.STOCK
U.S. stocks fell on Thursday after several days of muted trading as investors took a defensive posture before Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s much-awaited speech on Friday.
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U.S.TREASURY
U.S. Treasuries gained in price on Thursday as stocks retreated and investors focused on whether Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will hint at a third round of bond purchases when he speaks on Friday.
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FTSE
The FTSE 100 closed down 24.08 points, or 0.4 percent, at 5,719.45, in volumes just 58 percent of their 90-day daily average.
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NIKKEI
Japanese shares slid to a two-week low in early Friday trade as stocks related to China and resources remained under pressure, while Sharp Corp took a dive as investors grew impatient for Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry to decide on a tie-up.
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