A slight slip in the price of oil allowed Japanese investors to focus attention on positive employment figures out of the U.S., boosting the Nikkei 225 Index by 0.9%. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng also Index added 0.3%, while the …
In Hong Kong HSBC shares rose 1.5% before the company’s announcement early today in London that it had missed earnings estimates. The gain helped push the Hang Seng Index up 1.4.% In China the Shanghai Composite advanced 0.9% a…
Chinese policy makers are scratching their heads after a raft of measures meant to cool the country’s red-hot real estate market seem to have done little to accomplish their aim. Rising property shares sent Hong Kong’s Hang Sen…
Asian investors brushed aside worries over continuously rising Chinese inflation today, focusing instead on bargain shopping. Energy companies were a major attraction as oil prices surged. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index climbed 1….
China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported that the country’s consumer price index rose 4.9% in January. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1% and in China the Shanghai Composite Index remained virtually unchanged. Japan’s Ni…