SEOUL, Oct 4 Reuters Shares in shipping companies fell heavily across Asia on Friday after workers and U.S. port operators agreed a deal to end a strike on the East and Gulf coast docks far sooner than expected. Evergreen Marine, Wan Hai Lines and Yang Ming Marine in Taiwan fell between 8.8 and 10 in their heaviest drops for […]

SINGAPORE, Oct 4 Reuters The dollar hovered near a sixweek high on Friday ahead of a payrolls report that could decide the path of U.S. interest rates, while the yen surged to cap a turbulent week hit by uncertainty over Japan39;s monetary policy outlook. The dollar was also boosted by safehaven demand as investors weighed widening Middle East tensions […]

FTSE 100 up 0.1 Oct 4 Reuters The continued rise in energy stocks lifted UK shares at the open on Friday, but not by enough to prevent a weekly decline that was sparked by an escalation in the Middle East conflict. The bluechip FTSE 100 was up 0.1 by 0720 GMT, while the midcap FTSE 250 moved […]

Reuters  Canada39;s main stock index fell on Thursday in a broader decline led by mining shares as escalating tensions in the Middle East weighed on the broader market. The Toronto Stock Exchange39;s SPTSX composite index was down 84.04 points, or 0.35, at 23,917.48. At least 10 sectors nursed losses on the index, led by the materials […]

STOXX 600 up 0.2 DSV jumps on 5.5 bln capital raise Shipping groups39; stocks fall as strike in US East Coast ends Oct 4 Reuters European shares inched higher on Friday, supported by regional energy stocks after crude oil prices climbed on concerns over a deeper conflict in the Middle East. The panEuropean STOXX 600 edged […]