Retail sales send stocks up - Detroit News
NEW YORK — Wall Street surged Thursday as investors looked past a sharp rebound in oil prices and focused on comforting news about the economy — better-than-expected retail sales and a drop in the number of laid-off workers seeking unemployment
Asian Stocks Advance After Oil Climbs, Yen Weakens; BHP Gains - Bloomberg
June 6 (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks advanced, led by oil producers and Japanese companies reliant on U.S. sales, after crude prices climbed the most in two months and the yen weakened to a three-month low against the dollar. BHP Billiton Ltd. , the
Hong Kong shares end morning higher led by energy stocks on oil price - Forbes
HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - Hong Kong shares completed the morning session higher on Friday led by energy stocks after oil prices surged overnight, while gains on Wall Street also encouraged investors to chase bargains. ‘Interest in energy stocks
ASIA MARKETS: Tokyo, Hong Kong Stocks Rally - CNN Money
Japanese shares jumped Friday, heading toward their second straight weekly advance, as exporters such as Nikon Corp. gained on a weakened yen. The rest of the region was mostly higher, after energy stocks bouncing back on a strong recovery in crude
European stocks set to open higher - bookmakers - Reuters
LONDON, June 6 (Reuters) - Major European stock markets were set to open 0.6-0.8 percent higher on Friday, according to financial bookmakers. They called Britain’s FTSE 100 .FTSE to open up 34-36 points, Germany’s DAX .GDAXI up 49-52 points and
German stocks - Factors to watch on June 6 - Reuters
FRANKFURT, June 6 (Reuters) - The DAX top-30 index .GDAXI looked set to open 0.6 percent higher on Friday, according to pre-market data from brokers at 0610 GMT. The following are some of the factors that may move German stocks on Friday (share price
Shanghai copper stocks seen slightly lower - trade - Reuters India
SINGAPORE, June 6 (Reuters) - Shanghai copper stocks are expected to show a slight fall this week, according to traders surveyed by Reuters on Friday. Traders stated stocks <0#SGH-STOCKS> would not change significantly in the week ending Thursday, with
Japanese bonds fall after sell-off in Europe and U.S.; stocks climb in - International Herald Tribune
HONG KONG : Japanese government bond prices fell Friday, following a sell-off in European and U.S. bonds the previous day, after the European Central Bank joined the Federal Reserve this week in expressing unusually candid concerns about inflation
Asian shares track Wall Street’s overnight gains; energy stocks lead - Forbes
HONG KONG (Thomson Financial) - Asian stocks rose on Friday as markets tracked overnight gains on Wall Street where investors cheered better-than-expected sales at retail giant Wal-Mart and a drop in weekly jobless claims. Energy stocks led the
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