Indeks Berjangka China Reli Terkait Pembebasan Pajak Seiring Dubut Lintas Bursa

Indeks saham berjangka China menguat pasca pemerintah membebaskan pajak modal keuntungan bagi investor asing untuk membantu meningkatkan partisipasi dalam debut link exchange Shanghai-Hong Kong hari ini. Kontrak pada CSI 300 Index yang berakhir bulan ini naik sebesar 1,4 persen ke level 2,600.40 pukul 09:18 pagi waktu setempat, sementara kontrak pada indeks Hang Seng Hong Kong naik 1,2 persen. Saham Qingdao Haier Co mungkin aktif seiring...

WTI Swings After Biggest Gain in Two Months

West Texas Intermediate fluctuated after rising the most in almost two months as investors weighed the likelihood that OPEC producers will cut production when the group meets this month. Brent was steady in London. Futures were little changed in New York and London as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries step up diplomacy before their Nov. 27 meeting. Iranian oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is preparing to...

Yen Holds Drop Before GDP as Kiwi Gains; Crude Maintains Rebound

The yen was near a seven-year low before data on Japans economy, with Group of 20 leaders pledging to bolster growth amid concern over a global slowdown. New Zealands dollar jumped while crude oil held gains. Japans currency lost 0.3 percent to 116.63 per dollar by 8:45 a.m. in Tokyo, weakening for a third day, while futures on the Nikkei 225 Stock Average advanced in the Osaka pre-market. The kiwi climbed 0.4 percent after retail sales...

Japan’s Economy Unexpectedly Contracts as Abe Weighs Tax Delay

Japans economy shrank for a second consecutive quarter, with the unexpected contraction increasing the odds Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a sales-tax increase. Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 1.6 percent in the three months through September, the Cabinet Office said today in Tokyo, compared to the median forecast for 2.2 percent growth in a Bloomberg News...

China Stocks Give Up Gains on Rising Bad Debts

Higher starts for both the Hong Kong and Shanghai share markets, brought on by Monday's launch of the Stock Connect program, had almost disappeared half an hour into trading, with concern surfacing as new data out of China showed the bad-debt ratio for major banks had jumped to a four-year-high. The Hang Seng Index moved off its 0.9% opening gain to trade with a loss of 0.5%. Over on the mainland, the Shanghai Composite Index also...