![]() If you are using the Brave browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse, then send that data back to a third party, essentially spying on your browsing habits.We strongly recommend you stop using this browser until this problem is corrected. The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. LIVE PRICES & DATA: World Stocks Currency rates EFX= NFX= Dow Jones/NASDAQ. company news European company news Forex news Global Economy news Technology news Telecoms news Media news Banking news Politics/General news Asia Macro data ASIATODAY A multimedia version of Reuters Top News is available at: TOP NEWS: For top Asian company news, double click on: U.S. earnings diary European diary Taiwan diary Wall Street Week Ahead Eurostocks Week Ahead World forecasts EQUITYPOLL1 Stocks News Europe.ĭIARIES & DATA: IPO diary & data Asia earnings diary U.S. ![]() Turnover of Hong Kong shares rose to HK$46.9 billion from HK$43.1 billion on Thursday.ĪSIA-PACIFIC STOCK MARKETS: Pan-Asia. The stock has lost nearly 50 percent of its market value in the last two weeks as global markets dropped, hitting the insurer’s key regulatory capital ratio. Fear has gripped the sector,” said Alex Wong, director with Ample Finance.Ĭanada's top insurer, Manulife Financial Corp 0945.HK MFC.TO, took another tumble, sliding 10.1 percent to HK$62.30 after its Toronto-listed shares plunged on Thursday. “You just have to look at how Wells Fargo, Bank of America and Barclays performed on Thursday to understand why banking stocks are down today. Other financial stocks were also hit, with local lender BOC Hong Kong 2388.HK down 5 percent while Bank of East Asia 0023.HK, where both the CEO and the CFO have resigned, dropped 5.3 percent to HK$13.32. “Funds have moved to Hong Kong in the past few weeks on hopes of big moves from China but since China has not announced anything tangible we can’t stay unmoved for very long,” he added. “With the Dow and Tokyo market at record lows, there is no way Hong Kong can stay unaffected,” Lai said. “We will test November 2008 lows again,” said Peter Lai, director with DBS Vickers. HSI ended 289.72 points lower at 11,921.52, taking the week's losses to 7 percent, its worst performance in seven weeks. Its Hong Kong unit, Hang Seng Bank 0011.HK, slid for a fifth straight day, falling 7.4 percent to HK$73.60, after the lender reported a sharp drop in second-half earnings on Monday. ![]() The massive sell-off this week has seen the bank’s shares dive 24 percent and its market value shrink by $21 billion after the London-based lender announced a $17.7 billion rights issue at a deep discount and slashed its dividend. China Construction Bank rose 1.5 percent while Bank of China 3988.HK climbed 1.4 percent. But Chinese lenders China Construction Bank 0939.HK and Bank of China 3988.HK rose ahead of the rebalancing of the Hang Seng Index on Monday, which will see a higher weighting for both the stocks.
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