WASHINGTON (AFP) - The International Monetary Fund announced Tuesday athat a lending scheme to aid countries hit hard by the financial crisis had grown to 600 billion dollars. The Washington-based Fund said that an additional...
By COLIN NG SINGAPORE -- Japan's Nikkei 225 was down 0.2%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 and New Zealand's NZX-50 gained 0.2% each while South Korea's Kospi Composite was off 0.5%. The Shanghai Composite index closed down 3.5%...
TOKYO (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares edged out of a negative open to trade modestly higher early Wednesday morning, with the Nikkei 225 Average up 0.3% at 9,433.48 and the Topix at 832.17, up 0.4% in Tokyo. Shares of Kirin...
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Australian stocks moved slightly higher out of the open Wednesday, ignoring a soft negative lead from Wall Street, with energy shares on the rise despite an almost 2% drop in benchmark crude...