An index of UK banks, which has been under pressure this week after protests in Hong Kong against a Chinese extradition bill, slipped for the fourth straight session. The dollar was also subdued ... ( read original story ...)
Indian shares fall on weak financials, global triggers
June 13 (Reuters) - Indian shares fell for a second straight session on Thursday, dragged by financials, as rising inflation rate, prolonged trade war and street protests in Hong Kong hurt risk ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shares Tipped To End Losing Streak
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in ... following losses from the oil companies, gains from the financials and a mixed picture from the property sector. ... ( read original story ...)
Australian shares end flat as global gloom offsets mining gains; NZ up
A downturn in Hong Kong stocks, as thousands of demonstrators protested against ... unless Beijing agrees to four or five “major points” which he did not specify. Financials snapped five straight ... ( read original story ...)
SE Asia Stocks-Most fall on China slowdown worries; trade gloom
The index was also weighed by industrial and real estate stocks with Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd dropping 1% and Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd sliding 2.9%. Meanwhile, Thailand's index ended marginally ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong Shares May Stop The Bleeding
(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has finished lower in ... losses from the insurance companies and casinos, while the financials and oil companies were mixed. For the day, the index lost ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks plunge despite RBI rate cut, financials under pressure
Japanese and Chinese shares dipped while they were flat in Hong Kong, a day after US stocks closed higher. On late Wednesday, sentiment soured after a meeting between US and Mexican officials ended ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong hits ‘pause’ on China extradition bill in an attempt to restore calm
Carrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, announced the legislative “pause” at a news conference Saturday, even as activists asked hundreds of thousands of residents who marched in protest ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader delays unpopular extradition bill, but activists want more
Perhaps more important in the ultra-capitalistic territory, members of Hong Kong’s business community turned on Lam. Reports of tycoons shifting capital out of the city to rival financial centers ... ( read original story ...)
Brusque to bruised: Hong Kong’s Lam caves to pressure on extradition bill
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam appeared in no mood to compromise on a planned extradition law at recent meetings, according to foreign envoys and business people who met with her. Some of the people ... ( read original story ...)
Carrie Lam: A ‘Good Fighter’ in the Crisis Over the Hong Kong Extradition Bill
On Saturday, she did back down, suspending an extradition bill she had been trying to push through the Hong Kong Legislative Council that would allow criminal suspects to be sent to mainland China, ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong puts controversial bill on hold, but protesters vow to be back on streets
But criticism of the bill was widespread in Hong Kong, with judges, lawyers, church groups and business leaders all expressing concern. The American Chamber of Commerce warned it could tarnish the ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader delays unpopular bill; activists want more
HONG KONG -- Moving to restore calm ... for the police use of potentially lethal force during clashes Wednesday that turned violent. In a news briefing earlier, Lam sidestepped questions over whether ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong leader apologizes, suspends extradition bill
Moving to restore calm, apparently with Beijing’s backing, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Saturday she was putting on hold an extradition bill that sparked the city’s biggest public ... ( read original story ...)