An investor watches market returns at a stock exchange hall in China, on Monday 27 July. Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/via Getty Images
Even by recent Chinese standards, the latest stock market plunge was spectacular. Nearly 1,800 stocks – or more than 60% of shares on the main markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen – fell by the daily limit of 10%, thereby triggering a […]
Benchmarks ended in the green for the second-straight session on Tuesday, banking on gains among energy shares. A rally in oil prices helped energy shares settle in the green. Meanwhile, upbeat monthly U.S. auto sales report along with possibility of a new deal between Office Depot and Staples boosted investor sentiment. Encouraging news emanating from Greece also added to the […]
Benchmarks ended Monday’s volatile trading session with solid gains after a rally in oil prices boosted energy shares. An offer from Greece’s finance minister to end the standoff with its international creditors over the country’s debt was also welcomed by investors. Monday’s solid gains came in after the S&P 500 and the Dow posted their biggest monthly loss in almost […]
