The Hong Kong stock market opened on a positive note today (22 July), with the Hang Seng Index rising by 30 points, or 0.12%, to 25,024 points. The China Enterprises Index gained 11 points, or 0.13%, to 9,051 points, while the Technology Index increased by 4 points, or 0.08%, to 5,589 points. Among financial stocks, HSBC Holdings rose by 0.81% to HK$99.25, Ping An Insurance recorded a slight increase of 0.09%, and Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing edged up by 0.14%. However, AIA Group saw a decline of 0.58%. Major tech stocks showed mixed performances. Xiaomi Group advanced by 0.26%,...
Hong Kong's stocks rose 51 points, or 0.25%, to 20,557 in early trade on Monday, up for the second session after the Saudi sovereign wealth fund announced last Friday a USD 1 billion financial commitment on the final day of the 2024 FII summit. China's parliament is set to begin its meeting today, with expectations to announce more details on fiscal stimulus measures when the meeting concludes on Friday. Source : Trading Economicsmuannya hari ini, dengan harapan untuk mengumumkan rincian lebih lanjut tentang langkah-langkah stimulus fiskal saat pertemuan berakhir pada hari Jumat....
Stocks rallied Friday to kick off November as Amazon led big technology stocks into the green and traders looked past a disappointing jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 288.73 points, or 0.69%, ending at 42,052.19. The S&P 500 advanced 0.41% to close at 5,728.80, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 0.8% to 18,239.92. Amazon rallied 6.2% as strength in the cloud and advertising businesses propelled the ecommerce giant above Wall Street's earnings expectations. Intel popped 7.8% after exceeding analysts' forecasts for revenue and offering strong guidance. The two stocks...
The European stock markets closed out a rough week sharply higher in Friday trading as The Stoxx Europe climbed 1.31%, the Swiss Market Index surged 1.63%, France's CAC rose 1.09%, the FTSE in London gained 1.07%, and Germany's DAX closed 1.10% higher. In the UK, the seasonally adjusted S&P Global UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index fell to 49.9 in October from 51.5 in September, slipping into contraction territory for the first time since April. S&P attributed the decline in large part to a lack of consumer confidence and an economic slowdown. Meanwhile, UK house prices...
Stocks climbed Friday to kick off November as Amazon led big technology stocks into the green and traders looked past a disappointing jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 467 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1% and 1.3%, respectively. Amazon rallied more than 6% as strength in the cloud and advertising businesses propelled the ecommerce giant above Wall Street's earnings expectations. Intel popped 5.3% after exceeding analysts' forecasts for revenue and offering strong guidance. The two stocks improved sentiment following some notable earnings...
The Hang Seng added 189 points or 0.9% to end at 20,506 on the first trading day of the month, snapping a two-day decline as factory activity in China recovered last month. Beijing's recent stimulus measures began to show a positive impact ahead of next week's National People's Congress session, which could launch more initiatives. On the monetary front, the PBoC injected CNY 500 billion via reverse repos late Thursday to keep ample liquidity nearing year-end. Property, consumers, and financials drove the strength, with notable rises from Akeso Inc. (8.4%), Tencent Holdings (3.7%), and...