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Oil prices climb on worries of possible Iran-US conflict
Oil prices settled higher on Friday (Feb 6), reversing earlier losses as traders worried that this week’s talks between the US and Iran…
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US stocks: Wall Street ends sharply down as AI worries weigh
Street ended sharply lower on Thursday, with the Nasdaq dragged to its lowest since November by losses in Microsoft, Amazon and other tech…
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Wall Street ends down as AI worries slam tech stocks
stocks ended lower on Wednesday (Feb 4), with losses in Advanced Micro Devices, Palantir and other technology companies, as investors…
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Microsoft’s rising spending, slight cloud beat fan AI payoff worries
OSOFT only edged past estimates for quarterly revenue in its crucial cloud-computing business on Wednesday and ramped up spending on…
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Indonesia’s rupiah hits record low on central bank independence worries
Indonesia’s rupiah hit a record low against the dollar on Tuesday as investors fretted about the country’s central bank independence after…
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Foreigners sell Asian equities in December on worries over valuations
They have sold local stocks worth US$1.2 billion in India, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines Foreign…
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Wall Street falls at open on worries over Fed autonomy
Wall Street’s main indexes opened lower on Monday (Jan 12) after the Trump administration renewed its attacks on the Federal Reserve,…
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Oil settles up 3% on Venezuela news, supply worries in Russia, Iraq and Iran
Oil prices climbed over 3 per cent on Thursday after two straight days of declines, settling at a two-week high as investors assessed…
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Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weigh
ASIAN markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors jockeyed for position ahead of key US jobs and inflation data,…
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Bitcoin dips below US$90,000 as AI worries dent risk appetite
Fresh concerns about artificial intelligence profits weighed on technology stocks Cryptocurrencies tumbled on Thursday (Dec 11) and…
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Malaysia’s data centre hub tightens approvals on water worries
Johor, the Malaysian state emerging as a regional data centre hub, is raising the bar for new projects as authorities seek to curb the…
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US: S&P 500 ends down for fourth day as valuation worries weigh, Home Depot drops
US stocks ended lower on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 putting in a fourth day of losses as valuation worries hit big technology-related…
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Europe: Shares close at one-month low on Fed rate cut worries, tech valuations
EUROPEAN shares fell on Tuesday, with those in Germany near a five-month low as a broad risk-off mood gripped global markets, sparked by…
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Europe: Shares fall as US rate cut expectations wane; UK fiscal worries resurface
EUROPEAN shares fell on Friday (Nov 14), as hawkish commentary from US policymakers dampened expectations of an imminent interest rate…
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Oil up as investors balance sanctions risks, oversupply worries
Oil prices gained about US$1 on Tuesday on the impact of the latest US sanctions on Russian oil and the optimism over a potential end to…
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Gold rises on Fed rate cut bets, growth worries
GOLD prices rose on Monday, buoyed by expectations of another Federal Reserve interest rate cut in December and a slew of weak economic…
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RBA keeps key rate unchanged over renewed inflation worries
Australia’s central bank held its key interest rate steady in a widely anticipated decision, warning of stronger inflationary pressures in…
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Asia: Stocks fall with Wall Street as US credit fears add to worries
ASIAN stocks tracked losses on Wall Street on Friday amid fresh credit market fears that compounded worries about trade tensions, a…
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US: Wall Street retreats from record closing highs as economic worries mount
US stocks closed lower on Tuesday (Oct 7) as investors, deprived of economic data resulting from the shuttered government, looked to…
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Oil prices surge 3% to 7-week high as surprise US stockpile draw adds to supply worries
Oil prices climbed about 3 per cent to a seven-week high on Wednesday as a surprise drop in US weekly crude inventories added to a sense…
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Oil gains weighed down by US demand worries
Oil prices rose on Friday (Sep 12) after a Ukrainian drone attack suspended loadings from the largest port in western Russia, but gains…
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Oil prices slide 2% on worries about global oversupply, US demand
Oil prices slid on Thursday, settling about 2 per cent lower as concerns over possible softening of US demand and broad oversupply offset…
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US: Stocks rebound as markets shrug off economic worries
Wall Street stocks rallied on Monday as investors jumped on a market pullback, shrugging off economic worries and focusing on the rising…
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Oil falls US$2 a barrel on worries about Opec+ supply, US jobs data
Oil prices US$2 a barrel on Friday (Aug 1) because of jitters about a possible increase in production by Opec and its allies, while a…