Business Times Malaysia 03-31-2003 WEEK-on-week, the benchmark Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index KLCI was higher by 2.79 points to close at 634.96, thanks to the firm closes in Tenaga Nasional Bhd, Maybank, YTL, Public Bank and In Business Times...
Europe's two biggest bourses, London and Frankfurt, announced an alliance as a step towards a single European stockmarket. The European Commission said that it was ''likely'' to look at the deal. The two bourses have been battling for supremacy in EuroEurope's two biggest bourses, London and Frankfurt,...
A-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported on the beginning of use of the Dow Jones World Share Index on the local Securities Bourse. The paper quoted Bourse President Majid Shawqi who said in early April 2006 that the date for beginning to use this index w A-Sharq Al-Awsat...
According to "Jordan Times", the Arab Bank maintained its position as the bourse leading blue chip with 39.2 per cent of the JD4.5 billion market capitalization, the Amman Stock Exchange ASE monthly report showed. The report, showed that According to "Jordan Times", the Arab Bank...
An investment holding company, a subsidiary of the Sinar Mas group denined being vinvolved in short selling the shares of Golden Agri-Resources GAR in the Singapore bourse. The denial came following an announcement by Asia Food & Properties (AF An investment holding company, a subsidiary of...
French market regulators have opened an inquiry into financial information issued by Vivendi since January 2001, it emerged Tuesday.In a brief statement confirming the investigation, the stock market watchdog Commission des Operations de Bourse COB French market regulators have opened an inquiry into financial information...
Shlomo Eshed is the newly-elected president of the Israel Precious Stones and Diamonds Exchange IPSDE, Israel's second bourse, which originally was created to service the specific interests of the country's colored gemstone community. While under A Shlomo Eshed is the newly-elected president of the Israel Precious...
Business Times Malaysia 08-17-2000 TECHNOLOGY stocks soared on bourses across Asia yesterday after an influential report unshackled chipmakers from negative sentiments that had plagued the sector for months. On Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchang Business Times...
Investor Digest Malaysia 03-16-2003 RISING geopolitical worries continue to drag down sentiments on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange KLSE. At end February, the benchmark CI broke through the 650-support level, to close at 646.80 points. W Investor...
Business Times Malaysia 04-02-2001 LAST week, the KLSE was the worst amongst all Asian bourses. The benchmark Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index KLCI fell 21.79 points or 3.26 per cent to close at 647.48. The Emas Index was next in ...
Business Times Malaysia 07-28-2000 TECHNOLOGY companies, spoilt for choice in terms of which high-growth exchange to list on, place priority on liquidity, the valuation it would receive on a particular bourse and its general ability to attract Business Times Malaysia ...
Australian investors face a nervous wait to see what impact a coordinated action worldwide by central banks to slash interest rates might have on financial markets.The US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, Bank of England and central banks in China, Sweden, Switzerland and Canada all joined the new...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation will ease restrictions on the failed trade system, from February 2009, in line with the implementation of a T+2 DVP settlement system slated for February 2, 2009. In addition, the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation will overhaul the market's related laws and regulations....
TOKYO AFP — Japan's central bank on Wednesday injected 1.5 trillion yen (14.2 billion dollars) into the Tokyo money market as worries about a US financial rescue plan sparked fresh turmoil on global bourses. The Bank of Japan pumped emergency funds into the financial system for a sixth...
KUWAIT CITY AFP — Dubai shares surged by almost 10 percent on Sunday to lead a strong recovery by stock markets in the energy-rich Gulf states, which dropped sharply last week over the global financial crisis. Sunday is the first day of trading in the Muslim Gulf, except...
TOKYO, Sept 19, 2008 AFP — Asian stocks rallied Friday on the back of a rebound on Wall Street, as the US government and the world's central banks took action to keep the global financial crisis from deepening. The Shanghai market soared by nearly 9.5 percent after China...
Bernanke told the Japanese to boost liquidity, even if it meant dropping money from helicopters. The bear market in stocks around the world continues and is more than a year old. Declines of 20 percent from the peaks are child’s play, with bourses in Europe off almost 30...
WORLD MARKETS The Hang Seng gave up gains from the previous session as investor hopes dwindled for government measures to boost China's markets. The benchmark fell 2.6 per cent to 20,392.1. Stocks and mainland bourses jumped on Wednesday on speculation Beijing might prop up ailing markets....
LONDON AFP — European equities chased Asian markets higher on Monday, with oil-exposed stocks boosted by easing crude prices, as investors awaited Wall Street's reopening after a long US holiday weekend. London's FTSE 100 index of top shares added 0.15 percent in value to 5,420.80 points...