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1 week ago | 
gurutrade.com | Amy Lv |Lewis Jackson |Jamie Freed |Edmund Klamann
March output up 4.6% yr/yr to highest since May 2024
Q1 output up 0.6% yr/yr
April output likely to flatten or fall on uncertainties over demand-analysts
BEIJING, April 16 (Reuters) - China's crude steel output in March climbed 4.6% from the prior year to the highest level in 10 months, driven by robust exports and favourable margins.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Rae Wee |Lincoln Feast |Edmund Klamann
Dollar follows Treasury yields lower on US growth worries
Investors flee to safe havens yen and Swiss franc
Asian currencies struggle in the face of US tariffs
SINGAPORE, April 3 (Reuters) - The dollar slid broadly on Thursday and the euro firmed after President Donald Trump announced harsher-than-expected tariffs against U.S. trading partners, jolting the markets as investors sought safe havens such as the yen and Swiss franc.
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3 weeks ago | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Edmund Klamann |Muralikumar Anantharaman
South Korean and Japanese automakers slide as US tariffs bite
Gold at record high on safe-haven flows, no signs of let-up
Investor focus now on reciprocal tariffs due for next week
SINGAPORE, March 28 (Reuters) - Asian stocks slid on Friday with heavy selling in South Korea and Japan while safe-haven gold was perched at a record high as the latest tariff salvo from U.S. President Donald Trump stoked investor worries of an all-out trade war.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Chen Aizhu |Siyi Liu |Edmund Klamann
Nov crude oil imports up 14.3% yoy, first yearly increase since April
Refiners took more cargoes due to lower prices, stockpiling target
Jan-Nov crude oil imports down 1.9% yoy
SINGAPORE, Dec 10 (Reuters) - China's crude oil imports jumped in November from a year earlier for the first annual growth in seven months, data showed on Tuesday, driven by lower prices of Middle East supplies and additions to the national stockpile.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
today.westlaw.com | Edmund Klamann |Leika Kihara |Takahiko Wada |Saad Sayeed
TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan must raise interest rates and continue phasing out a controversial stimulus programme blamed for causing unwelcome yen declines, Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the country's biggest opposition party, told Reuters on...
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
techtelegraph.co.uk | Ankur Banerjee |Edmund Klamann
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur BanerjeeA series of manufacturing data will likely dominate markets’ attention on Friday, with the euro rooted near its lowest in more than 13 months, while bitcoin edged towards $100,000 on expectations of friendlier regulations in the United States.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
independent.co.uk | Edmund Klamann
A beast that held the impressive record for the largest crocodile in captivity has passed away. The 5.48 metre (18 ft) Australian crocodile, thought to be more than 110 years old, died on Saturday, a wildlife sanctuary said. Cassius, weighing in at more than one ton, had been in declining health since October. 15, Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said on Facebook.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Tom Westbrook |Jamie Freed |Edmund Klamann
China real estate index down 7%; industrial metals slip
TSMC beats profit forecast, says revenue to rise
ECB seen cutting rates; euro dips
SINGAPORE, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Asian shares were pinned to three-week lows on Thursday, as a housing policy briefing in China underwhelmed investors and property stocks slumped, while the euro touched an 11-week low ahead of an expected rate cut by the European Central Bank.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Ankur Banerjee |Sam Holmes |Edmund Klamann
SINGAPORE, July 26 (Reuters) - The yen was poised for its strongest week in nearly three months on Friday as traders unwound long-held bets against the frail currency ahead of crucial U.S. inflation data that could cement rate cut expectations.
The yen has dominated the currency markets this month, surging to a near three-month high of 151.945 per dollar on Thursday after starting the month languishing at a 38-year low of 161.96 per dollar.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
gurutrade.com | Rocky Swift |Anne Marie Roantree |Edmund Klamann
TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Shiseido became the latest victim on Friday of a slowing Chinese economy that has battered earnings at many global consumer goods companies, when the Japanese cosmetics maker reported a 40% slide in annual earnings.
China's weak consumer spending has also hit profits at L'Oreal and Estee Lauder, which like Shisedo had for years banked on the that country's thriving beauty market for growth.
