Market Pulse - Asia
Commodities: Grain prices jump after latest DoA forecasts for soybeans and corn
Commodities finished the quarter on a positive note amid gains in grains and in the energy complex.
Asia report: Markets brush off tech-fuelled weakness
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Thursday, as investors in the region turned away from technology-fuelled weakness from Wall Street and Europe in the previous session.
Renault revs up on report of possible merger with Nissan
Renault shares revved up on Thursday fuelled by reports the company is in merger negotiations with Japan's Nissan.
Kim Jong-Un pays 'surprise' visit to China ahead of Trump meeting
Donald Trump has expressed optimism that North Korea will 'denuclearise' the peninsula as it emerged that leader Kim Jong-Un visited Beijing ahead of his summit with the US president.
Asia report: Markets follow Wall Street lower as tech plays slide
Markets in Asia finished lower on Wednesday, following the lead of Wall Street overnight, which finished its Tuesday session in the red as technology plays fell.
Glencore stands out for Credit Suisse analysts
Glencore stands out in a UK mining sector that is cheaper than the wider market and mid-cap sector peers, Credit Suisse analysts said.
Asia report: Markets higher as trade tensions ease
Markets in Asia were lifted on Tuesday as fears of a trade war eased, after both Washington and Beijing made conciliatory moves towards negotiation on Monday.
Asia report: Markets mixed as Washington exempts Korea from steel tariffs
This has heightened concerns that Trump will formally repudiate the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran that Bolton is on record as saying was a mistake.
FX round-up: Optimism on Australian dollar on frail foundations, Rabobank says
The pound put in a modest gain in a risk-off session that saw the dollar fall to within a whisker of its weakest level against the Japanese yen in a year.
Commodities: WTI jumps as traders price-in geopolitical premium after Bolton appointment
Brent crude oil futures pushed towards a fresh 52-week high on Friday alongside a fall in the Greenback back towards its own 52-week lows.
Asia report: Markets join global slump amid trade war fears
Markets in Asia joined the global slump on Friday, following steep declines in US and European stocks overnight, as fears of a trade war took hold once again.
China supports stocks, but US tariffs 'not as bad as thought'
The threat of a trade war between the world's two biggest economies did not have as big an effect on Chinese stocks after Beijing intervened to support its stock market on Friday, while economists said US tariffs were not as big as had been feared.
Europe close: Stocks take heavy hit from trade frictions
Stocks on the Continent got dinged on Thursday, weighed down by a slate of weaker-than-expected economic data ahead of the expected announcement of US trade tariffs against China later in the day.
Asia report: Markets mixed after Fed, RBNZ rates decisions
Markets in Asia finished mixed at the end of a turbulent session on Thursday, as investors digested the news that the Federal Reserve had raised interest rates in the US for the first time this year, as expected.
Asia report: Most markets lower on mixed day for Kiwi milk industry
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Wednesday, with investor attention very much turned across the Pacific Ocean to the Federal Reserve ahead of the outcome of its March policy meeting.
Fund managers' pessimism on UK at record high, BofA-Merrill says
Fund managers were still 'long' on equities, despite rising worries over trade and stagflation, thanks to optimism on the outlook for earnings and interest rates, the results of a widely-followed poll showed.
Chinese economic growth continues in March
Economic growth in China continued in March, driven mainly by manufacturing and amid "notable" increases in prices, according to the latest reading for World Economics's Sales Managers' Index.
Asia report: Markets mixed after Wall Street tech slump
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, with investors reacting to a small sell-off overnight on Wall Street, and looked forward to the outcome of the Fed’s two-day policy meeting in the US.
Putin elected to a fourth term as Russian president
Vladimir Putin was elected for a fourth six-year term as Russian President in the 19 March elections, making him the longest-serving leader of the country since dictator Joseph Stalin, although voter turnout was slightly lower than the Kremlin had reportedly been seeking.
Kremlin: 'UK must prove Russian involvement in poisoning or apologise'
Russia has demanded proof of their involvement in the Salisbury poisoning, saying that otherwise the UK should apologise, even as the European Union backs Britain and requests "full and complete disclosure of its novichok programme".