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Base metals were mixed on Thursday amid weak PMI readings in the Eurozone and escalated concerns over Cyprus bailout. Limiting the downswing, China's HSBC flash PMI data indicated that the >>

Precious metals apart from palladium advanced on Thursday amid weaker greenback and mounting uncertainty over Cyprus bailout. Moreover, the Fed's decision to keep its policy loose continued to lift the >>

Precious metals apart from palladium advanced on Thursday amid weaker greenback and mounting uncertainty over Cyprus bailout. Moreover, the Fed's decision to keep its policy loose continued to lift the >>

Philadelphia's manufacturing activity improved unexpectedly in the month of March, according to a survey released by the Reserve Bank of Philadelphia on Thursday, when the diffusion index of current situation >>

Consumer price inflation in Hong Kong advanced to its ten-month high in February mainly caused by the difference in the Lunar New Year's timing which occurred not in January, but >>

Retail trades of Canada increased 1% to $38.9 billion during January, reimbursing the decrease of December. Gains were discovered in 7 of 11 sectors, indicating 52% of the total retail >>

The total number of people applying for jobless benefits in the world's largest economy increased last week, however a trend gauge fell to the lowest level in a five-year period >>

U.S. existing home sales increased modestly below initial forecast in February reaching the highest level since November 2009, a data released by the National Association of Realtors reported on Thursday. >>

Economic downturn in the 17-nation bloc has deepened in the month of March- even before unsuccessful bailout plan for Cyprus- as private sector economic activity declined, the Markit Economics reported >>

U.K. equities dropped for a fifth consecutive day for a longest streak of losses in 10 months as manufacturing in the Eurozone shrank, indicating that U.K.'s largest trading partner faces >>

U.S. equities rebounded from earlier losses this week, as the Federal Reserve extended its bond buying program to bolster economic growth and Eurozone's policy makers weighed options for a bailout >>

U.S. shares snapped losses earlier this week, as Federal Reserve will continue asset purchasing to stimulate growth in the world's largest economy and Euro-area policy makers are working on a >>

Hong Kong stocks retreated on Thursday ahead of corporate earnings reports, while broker downgrades dragged down China's internet giant Tencent holdings. The Hang Seng Index dropped 0.1% to 22,225.88 points. >>

The loonie faces a bearish pressure in recent days, as the price attempted to breach the 20-day SMA at 1.0262 unsuccessfully. >>

U.K. equities dropped for a fifth consecutive day for a longest streak of losses in 10 months as manufacturing in the Eurozone shrank, indicating that U.K.'s largest trading partner faces >>