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Tokyo stocks may see another bumpy week over U.S.-China trade spat

The Japan News 15 Dec 2018

Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Tokyo stocks may remain volatile this week amid thin trading ahead of Christmas. Last week, the 225-issue Nikkei average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 303.85 points, or 1.40 percent, to end at 21,374.83 on Friday ... However, both Nikkei and TOPIX fell sharply again on Friday....

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Asian equities decline as Chinese economy weakens

Taipei Times 15 Dec 2018

Sentiment remained fragile as the week drew to a close, one in which investors had initially taken some comfort from encouraging signs in trade tensions ... About 1.39 billion Hang Seng index shares were traded, about 82 percent of the market’s 30-day moving average of 1.69 billion shares....

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Dow futures drop over 200 points as weak China data sets off alarm bells

Market Watch 14 Dec 2018

stock futures were under pressure early Friday, as trade optimism continued to fizzle out and investors focused on a batch of weaker-than-expected economic data out of China, sparking fresh worries about the state of the world’s second-biggest economy ... trading? ... trading day....

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Sensex, Nifty turn cautious on mixed global cues

Hindustan Times 14 Dec 2018

Breaking its three-day winning streak, the 30-share index turned choppy and was trading 25.93 points, or 0.07 per cent, lower at 35,903.71 ... Elsewhere in Asia, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 1.32 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei fell 1.73 %, and Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.57 % in early trade....

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The Dow drops 200 points after Chinese economic data sparks growth fears

Business Insider 14 Dec 2018

Government figures out Friday showed retail sales in China grew at their slowest pace in more than 15 years and industrial output rose the least in three years, adding to concerns about a slowdown in the second-largest economy as Beijing works to defuse trade tensions with the Washington....

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Business Live: Friday 14 December

BBC News 14 Dec 2018

Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 is down close to 2% in late afternoon trade, leading losses across the region....

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Wall Street's darkest quarter since 2011 just got worse

CNN 14 Dec 2018

The Dow dropped 497 points, or 2%, on Friday ... The Nasdaq tumbled 2.3% ... Read More ... Investors were not placated on Friday by positive news on the trade front ... The Dow closed about 200 points below where it was trading at when Trump sent that tweet ... Japan's Nikkei 225 plunged 2%, while China's Shanghai Composite declined 1.5% and the Hang Seng lost 1.6% ... ....

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Japanese shares hit 1-week high on trade hopes; tech firms climb

This is Money 13 Dec 2018

trade tensions, and technology firms got a boost from a rally for U.S ... The benchmark Nikkei share average ended the day up 0.99 percent at 21,816.19 ... trade relations ... It has been a volatile week for the Nikkei, which fell 2.12 percent on Monday but climbed 2.15 percent on Wednesday....

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Hitachi, ABB confirm talks on potential deal on power grids

Live Mint 13 Dec 2018

Hitachi made a similar statement after trading hours in Tokyo ... Nikkei reported Wednesday that the Japanese conglomerate is preparing to buy the business for as much as 800 billion yen ($7 billion) ... Hitachi shares declined 0.7 percent Thursday in Tokyo, after jumping as much as 2.4 percent in early trading....

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Third consecutive day of gains for global markets

Business Day 13 Dec 2018

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's survival in a late night no-confidence vote has not changed the markets' views on Brexit but along with signs of a tentative truce in the US-China trade war and progress in Italy it was enough to keep them jolly ... The euro rose 0.2% to $1.1394 having largely traded in a $1.16 and $1.12 range since August....

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World stocks wait for ECB signals, pound strong after Brexit drama

Yahoo Daily News 13 Dec 2018

UK Prime Minister Theresa May's survival in a late night no-confidence vote has not changed the markets' views on Brexit but along with signs of a tentative truce in the U.S.-China trade war and progress in Italy it was enough to keep them jolly ... The euro rose 0.2 percent to $1.1394 having largely traded in a $1.16 and $1.12 range since August....

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Stocks wait for ECB signals, pound strong after Brexit drama

This is Money 13 Dec 2018

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Asian shares, sterling up on pause in Brexit, trade fears

Moneycontrol 13 Dec 2018

Japan's Nikkei stock index gained 0.8 percent, while Australian shares were up 0.2 percent ... Sterling rallied from a 20-month low after the vote, and was holding onto gains early in the Asian trading day, trading at USD 1.2629 ... Asia stocks up on Sino-US trade hopes, sterling nurses losses ... 1 and agreed to a 90-day detente to negotiate a trade deal....