Sept 16 Reuters Asian bonds attracted foreign inflows for a fourth successive month in August on optimism that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start easing interest rates in September. Overseas investors made substantial purchases of regional bonds in Indonesia, India, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand, totalling a net 14.06 billion in August the largest monthly […]

FTSE 100 up 0.7 Sept 17 Reuters The FTSE 100 rose to a twoweek high on Tuesday, lifted by increasing bets of a larger U.S. interest rate cut and strength in domestic retail shares after an improved forecast from Kingfisher. The bluechip index FTSE 100 rose 0.7 to its highest since Sept. 3. The pound eased […]

LONDON, Sept 16 Reuters The British pound rose against the dollar on Monday, after closing slightly in negative territory last week, ahead of this week39;s UK inflation data and central bank meeting. Sterling rose by 0.5 on the day to 1.3190, above the 1.3125 it recorded at Friday39;s close. Sterling is holding up quite well, […]

Rexel jumps after rejecting 9.4 bln QXO bid UK insurer Phoenix falls on halting sale of unit SunLife STOXX 600 up 0.1 Sept 16 Reuters European shares were subdued at the start of a datapacked week, the highlight of which will be the Federal Reserve starting its longawaited monetaryeasing cycle, with many investors leaning towards […]

FTSE 100 down 0.1 Playtech leaps after hiking core profit forecast Phoenix Group down on halting SunLife sale Sept 16 Reuters London39;s bluechip stock index edged lower on Monday as a rising British pound weighed on exportoriented companies, while investors focussed on a week of key central bank rate decisions. The benchmark FTSE 100 was down […]

BENGALURU, Sept 16 Reuters Indian shares hit record highs on Monday, underpinned by rising metal stocks on a favorable U.S. rate cut outlook, while Bajaj Housing Finance more than doubled over the issue price in its debut trade. The NSE Nifty 50 rose 0.11 to 25,383.75, while SP BSE Sensex gained 0.12 to 82,988.78. Both the benchmarks rose […]

First Solar is poised to reap the benefits of the IRA and trade barriers aimed at Chinese rivals. Though it holds under 3% share of the global market, 2024 Ebitda may exceed $2 billion — outstripping the total for the three largest solar-module makers.

In this edition of Data Spotlight, our series showcasing insights derived from Bloomberg’s 8,000+ enterprise datasets we take a look at transaction data, and credit metrics and how they can help with investment thesis development.

SINGAPORE, Sept 16 Reuters The yen hit its highest levels in more than a year on Monday in trading thinned by a holiday in Japan, as market participants increasingly expected an oversized rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this week. Trading in Asia was slow, with markets in Japan, China and South Korea closed […]

MUMBAI, Sept 16 Reuters The Indian rupee was little changed on Monday, wedged between oil companies39; dollar demand and a rise in its Asian peers on the back of heightened odds of a 50 basis point U.S. rate cut later this week. The rupee was at 83.8925 against the U.S. dollar as of 1025 a.m. […]