By Paul VieiraOTTAWA--The Canadian federal government and the oil-rich province of Alberta agreed Thursday to support a new crude-carrying pipeline that aims to carry about one million barrels of oil daily to the Pacific coast via southwest British Columbia.Prime Minister Mark Carney added that Ott…
With shares of its U.S.-listed peers rising, Australian payments provider Zip could be set for a re-rate, according to its bull at Unified Capital Partners. Analyst Jonathan Higgins reckons that Zip is now the cheapest of the so-called buy-now-pay-later providers and has the potential to rally mate…
ChiNext Price Index Opens 0.2% Lower at 4010.82
Shenzhen Composite Index Opens 0.1% Higher at 2774.16
Shanghai Composite Index Opens 0.1% Higher at 4031.34
By Paul VieiraOTTAWA--The Canadian federal government and the oil-rich province of Alberta agreed Thursday to support a new crude-carrying pipeline that aims to carry about one million barrels of oil daily to the Pacific coast via southwest British Columbia.Prime Minister Mark Carney added that Ott…
Hang Seng Tech Index Opens 0.8% Higher at 4487.98
Hang Seng Index Opens 0.8% Higher at 23240.85
TOKYO--Japan's Ministry of Finance said Friday it plans to auction Y3.8 trillion of treasury discount bills on Jul. 10, 2026. Issue TD-Bill Auction Date Jul 10, 2026 Settlement Date Jul 13, 2026 Maturity Date Oct 13, 2026 Offer Amount…
TOKYO--Japan's Ministry of Finance said Friday it is auctioning Y3.8 trillion of treasury discount bills. Issue TD-Bill (Number 1391) Settlement Date Jul 6, 2026 Maturity Date Oct 5, 2026 Offer Amount Y3.8 Trillion This cont…
The National Australia Bank has adopted a bearish outlook for the Australian dollar in 2027 based on a view that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut the official cash rate 75 bps starting in 2Q 2027. NAB now forecasts the Aussie dollar-U.S. dollar pair will end 2027 at 0.6700, from its previous…
Berjaya Food's exit from its loss-making Berjaya Paris Baguette joint venture is likely positive for its turnaround, removing a long-running drag on earnings, CIMB Securities analyst Walter Aw Lik Hsin says in a note. The near-term earnings impact is expected to be limited because the investment ha…
Press Metal Aluminium's recent share price sell-off appears overdone, says Loh Yan Jin at Maybank IB. The sell-off came despite a more normalized valuation backdrop following the fading of the Middle East war premium, the analyst says in a note. She expects strong 2Q earnings, supported by still fi…
FTSE Straits Times Index Gives Up Opening Gains, Last 0.2% Lower at 5205.03
South Korea's Kospi Extends Early Losses; Last 3.1% Lower at 7408.82
By Matt GrossmanHalfway through the year, the labor market is flashing a virtue that proved elusive for much of 2025: stability. American hiring in 2026 hasn't quite boomed, but it has broadly improved.The latest numbers, released Thursday by the Labor Department, were a disappointment. June's 57,0…
By Dana Mattioli, Josh Dawsey and Shane ShifflettIn Donald Trump's first term, the president called an aide into his study off the Oval Office to assign a new target."Can we break up Amazon?" Trump asked in July 2017. "I hate this son of a bitch Jeff Bezos and I hate the Washington Post," he said…
FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index Opens 0.2% Higher at 1665.73
FTSE Straits Times Index Opens 0.1% Higher at 5221.14
BlueScope Steel bull Jefferies expects the data-center buildout to help keep the U.S. steel market tight. Jefferies' assumptions for the infrastructure buildout point to an incremental 2 million metric tons of steel demand annually by FY 2030, or about 3.5% of U.S. steel production, says the bank…
