Market Watch (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets dropped early Thursday, paced by shares of regional financials after banks dragged on Wall Street overnight. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average fell 1% to 10,234.08, and the broader Topix 1000 Index slid 1% to 904.63. South Korea's Kospi gave up 0.9%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.2%, and New Zealand's NZX 50 lost 0.8%. Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group lost 4.1%...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 06/14/2009
David Hunkar submits: In an earlier article, I wrote about the The Best Emerging Market Banks in Latin America for 2009. In this post, the best emerging market banks in Asia are listed: Country Bank Armenia HSBC Armenia Azerbaijan International Bank of Azerbaijan Bangladesh Janata Bank China ICBC Georgia Bank of Georgia India HDFC Bank Indonesia PT Bank Central Asia Kazakhstan Kazkommertsbank Kyrgyzstan...
Financial24 (Free subscription) | 03/09/2009
updated 04:44:35 Seoul shares rose on Monday led by steelmaking firms and banks, including POSCO and Shinhan Financial Group, with a stronger start in the won helping but falls in some consumer share read more .....
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/24/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets fell sharply Tuesday after U.S. indexes tumbled more than 3% overnight, with financials such as Shinsei Bank and Shinhan Financial Group taking sharp losses on worries about the global financial system. Japan's Nikkei 225 Average, which itself dropped more than 3% earlier in the day, was recently down 2.4% at 7,236.14 and the broader Topix index slid 2.2% to...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/20/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets declined Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished at its lowest since October 2002, with technology stocks like Elpida Memory Inc. and financials such as Shinhan Financial Group pacing losses. Energy-related stocks such as Woodside Petroleum advanced after crude-oil prices jumped overnight. The Nikkei 225 Average fell 1% to 7,485.93 and the broader...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 02/05/2009
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese and South Korean shares declined Thursday as exporters like Canon Inc. and financials like Shinhan Financial Group Co. dropped after stocks retreated on Wall Street. Australian shares were unsettled as miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton rose sharply on an increase in base metal prices, but Qantas Airways plunged after completing its institutional share placement....
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