Economic, Financial news

By Richard Leong NEW YORK (Reuters) - World stock markets rose to near five-year highs on Tuesday, boosted by views...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose to six-week highs on Tuesday, led by a rally in Chinese shares, while gold...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares inched up to a near five-week high on Thursday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke...

By Dominic Lau TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares inched higher on Wednesday, while the dollar held a three-week low on...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday, taking their cue from U.S. shares after weaker-than-forecast retail sales growth...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian stocks were flat on Monday even after another robust performance on Wall Street, while commodities and...

By Ian Chua SYDNEY (Reuters) - The rally in Asian stocks showed signs of running out of puff on Friday,...

By Dominic Lau TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro stabilised on Wednesday after tumbling to a three-month low against the dollar...

By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares posted gains on Tuesday, tracking a rally in Wall Street shares spurred...

US stocks Monday ended higher as investors looked forward to the kickoff of earnings season. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...