The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 1.5% this morning, dragged down by industrial stocks. China’s auto makers all tumbled. Geely (175.Hong Kong) led the decline, falling 5.6%. Guangzhou Auto (2238.Hong Kong) dropped 4.3%, while Great Wall Motor ... ( read original story ...)
Asia stocks mixed in muted session, dollar recovers some losses
The Hang Seng index slid 0.3 percent ... European stocks were little changed on Friday, although banks rose after Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse settled investigations into U.S. mortgage securities sales, while Italy's government approved ... ( read original story ...)
Asia bourses take a step back as post-Fed glow fades
What to watch Investors are turning their attention to the Bank of Japan’s policy decision on Tuesday ... Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.7 per cent, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng was down 0.7 per cent. China’s Shanghai Composite edged up ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Stocks Touch High for Year as Asia Shares Steady
Elsewhere, Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1%, Korea’s Kospi edged up 0.3% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.3%. “The equity market is fast... ( read original story ...)
Sensex, Nifty snap seven-day losing streak, Divi's Labs hits 52-week low
Axis Bank (2.23 percent) and ONGC (1.20 percent ... The Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.9 percent to 3,110.15 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng retreated 0.3 percent to 21,574.76. Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 was off 0.3 percent to 5,627.90 and Seoul's Kospi declined ... ( read original story ...)
China shares edge weaker in thin holiday trade
Metal shares fell in China with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 1.08% at 31076.92, while Hong Kong 's Hang Seng Index traded 0.28% lower at 21574.76. As well, the yuan was up against the dollar after the People's Bank of China set a stronger ... ( read original story ...)
Domestic markets end bearish; Nifty at 7-month low
Top losers in the Sensex-30 pack: Cipla (down 2.6 per cent), Axis Bank (down 2.2 per cent), ICICI Bank (down ... While Japanese financial markets were closed today for a public holiday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell 0.28 per cent and Shanghai Composite ... ( read original story ...)
Weak global markets pull JSE down
The Hang ... Seng closed 0.28% down and the Shanghai composite was nearly a percent off. Tokyo did not trade‚ because of a public holiday. In Europe‚ the FTSE 100 was 0.32% stronger‚ outpacing marginal increases in the DAX 30 and the CAC 40. Deutsche ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s SFC Warns Against William Paulstern
Hong Kong’s financial regulator helps keep investors informed by drawing attention to suspicious operations and unregulated entities that market participants should abstain from doing business with. The Alert List contains entities which have come to the ... ( read original story ...)
Hang Seng Posts Fresh 4-Month Low, Mainland Concerns Persist
The Bank of Japan decision to hold policy unchanged helped support the Nikkei index, but there was little positive impact on the Hong Kong market, especially as the dollar strengthened. The Hang Seng index opened higher, but there was no evidence of ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s first integrated recycling plant for e-waste part of plans to make polluters pay
The operator of Hong Kong’s first integrated recycling plant for electronics is hoping to increase the local recovery rate of such waste materials once its new facility and collection network become fully operational “on time and on budget” next year. ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong visa rules could bring down the number of tourists
Travel and tour operators are worried that new rules imposed recently could bring down the number of tourists opting to go to Hong Kong and Macau — the latter known as the Las Vegas of the east. Recently, the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)
Stranded Sapporo passengers return to Hong Kong amid row over HK$300 compensation
The last of more than 2,000 Hong Kong travellers who were stranded in snowbound northern Japan over Christmas were on their way home on Monday night amid criticism from some that an offer to compensate them for the chaos was “grossly inadequate’’. ( read original story ...)
Stranded Hong Kong Airlines passengers offered just HK$300 compensation
A group of 40 angry Hong Kong Airlines passengers who were left stranded by a snowstorm in northern Japan for days have called for improved consumer rights for air passengers, after they rejected a “grossly inadequate” compensation offer. Air ... ( read original story ...)