Canadian Market Ends On Firm Note

After recording losses in the previous two sessions, the Canadian market ended on a positive note on Thursday despite paring a substantial portion of its intraday gains. The benchmark S&P/TSX Composite Index, which climbed about 210 points to 23,336.93, settled at 23,227.49, gaining 100.51 points or 0.43%. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CM.TO) rallied 5.5%...

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Japan Data On Tap For Friday

Japan is scheduled to release a batch of data on Friday, headlining a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. On tap are July figures for unemployment, industrial production, retail sales, construction orders and housing starts, as well as August numbers for Tokyo inflation. The jobless rate is expected to hold steady at 2.5 percent, while...

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Japan Jobless Rate Climbs To 2.7% In July

The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent in July, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications said on Friday. That was above forecasts for 2.5 percent, which would have been unchanged from the June reading. The jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.24, exceeding expectations for 1.23, which again would have been...

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