China Stocks Fluctuate as Coal Shares Drop, Tech Companies Gain

Chinese stocks swung between gains and losses as declines by energy companies overshadowed gains by telecommunication firms.China Coal Energy Co. paced declines by coal companies. Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. added 2.5 percent.The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.1 percent to 2,029.59 as of 9:45 a.m. local time after falling 0.3 percent earlier. The CSI 300 Index advanced 0.3 percent to 2,162.17. Markets in Hong Kong are closed...

Asian Stocks Advance as Regional Holidays Curb Trading Volume

Asian stocks rose, with trading volume curbed by holidays in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea. Genting Singapore Plc and Australia��s Leighton Holdings Ltd. climbed after reporting earnings.The MSCI Asia Pacific excluding Japan Index advanced 0.1 percent to 474.94 at 11:31 a.m. in Sydney, with eight of the 10 industry groups on the gauge rising. Futures on the Standard & Poor��s 500 Index added 0.2 percent.Federal Reserve Chair Janet...

China Stock Futures Little Changed; Developers May Be Active

China��s stock-index futures were little changed after benchmark gauges rose for three days.Futures on the CSI 300 Index expiring in May added 0.1 percent to 2,155.40 as of 9:16 a.m. local time. NavInfo Co. may be active after Tencent Holdings Ltd. said it will buy a stake. Shanghai state-owned enterprises may move after the Shanghai Securities News said the city��s government may...

U.S. Stocks Advance as Services Data Offset Declines Among Banks

U.S. stocks rose, after benchmark indexes climbed to records last week, as an expansion in American service industries offset concern over growth in China and political tensions in Ukraine. The S&P 500 added 0.2 percent to 1,884.64 at 4 p.m. in New York, after dropping as much as 0.8 percent earlier. Investors pulled $2.66 billion last week out of exchange-traded funds that invest in U.S. equities, data compiled by Bloomberg show....

U.S. Stocks Little Changed as Services Data Offset Banks Decline

U.S. stocks were little changed, after benchmark indexes climbed to records last week, as an expansion in American service industries offset concern over growth in China and political tensions in Ukraine. The S&P 500 added 0.1 percent to 1,882.27 at 12:48 p.m. in New York, after dropping as much as 0.8 percent earlier. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1.25 points, or less than 0.1 percent, to 16,511.64. The Nasdaq Composite...