The Bank of Japan left its key interest rate unchanged near zero and the bank\'s latest projections showed the underlying inflation staying around 2 percent that further damped expectations for aggressive tightening in future. The BoJ policy board, headed by Governor Kazuo Ueda, unanimously decided to hold the overnight interest rate at around 0 to...
German stocks climbed on Friday after U.S. tech giants Microsoft and Alphabet posted strong quarterly earnings and an ECB survey showed Euro zone consumers lowered their expectation for inflation over the next 12 months in March. The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Price Index, the U.S. Federal Reserve\'s preferred inflation measure, will be published later...
French stocks rose on Friday, though overall gains remained capped ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve\'s preferred inflation measure due later in the day. Meanwhile, France\'s consumer confidence unexpectedly decreased in April, monthly survey data from the statistical office INSEE showed earlier today. The consumer sentiment index dropped to 90 in April from...
The U.S. dollar gained against its major counterparts on Friday, lifted by data showing a larger than expected increase in the nation\'s annual rate of consumer price growth. Data from the Commerce Department showed the annual rate of consumer price growth accelerated to 2.7% in March from 2.5% in February. The rate was expected to...
The Canadian market ended modestly higher on Friday, led by gains in materials stocks as gold prices advanced on safe-haven buying. Stocks from the rest of the sectors turned in a mixed performance. Investors reacted positively to some upbeat earnings updates from top U.S. companies, including Alphabet and Microsoft, and digested U.S. personal consumption expenditure...
Singapore will on Monday release Q1 figures for unemployment, highlighting a light day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. In the three months prior, the jobless rate was 2.0 percent. Thailand is scheduled to release March numbers for imports, exports, trade balance and industrial production. Imports are tipped to rise 4.55 percent on year after adding 3.20...
The South Korea stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last seven trading days since the end of the four-day losing streak in which it had plunged almost 125 points or 4.6 percent. The KOSPI now sits just above the 2,655-point plateau and it may extend its gains on Monday. The...
The Malaysia stock market bounced higher again on Friday, one day after ending the six-day winning streak in which it had climbed almost 40 points or 2.5 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just above the 1,575-point plateau and it\'s looking at another solid start on Monday. The global forecast for the Asian...
The Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing an unexpected decrease by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended April 20th. The report said initial jobless claims fell to 207,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week\'s unrevised level of 212,000. The dip surprised economists, who had expected jobless claims...
While reporting financial results for the first quarter on Thursday, PHINIA Inc. (PHIN) reaffirmed its fiscal 2024 guidance for net earnings in a range of $125 million to $160 million on net sales between $3.42 billion and $3.58 billion. On average, analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected the company to report earnings of $4.15 per...