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 […]

MUMBAI, Sept 17 Reuters The Indian rupee faced resistance on Tuesday following a rise driven by the U.S. dollar39;s struggles a day ahead of the Federal Reserve39;s highly anticipated interest rate decision. The rupee was at 83.84 to the U.S. dollar at 1028 a.m. IST, compared with 83.8875 in the previous session. The dollarrupee pair […]

SINGAPORE, Sept 17 Reuters The dollar traded near its lowest levels of the year on Tuesday, on the eve of the expected start to a U.S. easing cycle that markets are betting may begin with an outsized rate cut. The euro hovered around 1.1123 in the Asia session, not far from the year39;s high of […]

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 […]