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Hang Seng Index rose for the third consecutive day on Tuesday on global easing expectations. Hang Seng Index rose 1.08% to 19,796.81. Financial stocks posted the strongest gains after S&P >>

Agricultural commodities surged on Monday amid global easing expectations and persistent drought in the US, Russia and Kazakhstan. At the same time, broadly stronger US Dollar weighted down on rural >>

Japan's equities continued to advance on Tuesday as speculation that the ECB and Fed will ease their monetary policies lifted stock prices. However, dismal news from the Eurozone and disappointing >>

Energy commodities, excluding natural gas, posted slight losses on Monday amid appreciating US Dollar and negative headlines from the single currency union. Meanwhile, signs of lower OPEC production limited losses >>

Dow Jones Industry Average inched down 0.02% on Monday ahead of two-day FOMC meeting due to start on Tuesday. Negative headlines from Eurozone weighted down on the stock index. On >>

Industry metals, except for copper, advanced on Monday as potential monetary easing worldwide is likely to boost demand prospects for base metals. At the same time, negative news flow from >>

US stocks started Monday on a positive note amid hopes for easing measures from the Fed and ECB. However, equities drifted lower after release of weak regional manufacturing report. S&P >>

Spain's government has doubled loans for 17 semi-autonomous regions to 41 billion Euros, as local authorities failed accessing capital markets to get debt redemptions, defray suppliers and fund the deficits. >>

The number of jobless people increased by a seasonally-adjusted 7,000 to 2.89 million, the adjusted unemployment rate held at 6.8%, the Federal Labor Agency announced on Tuesday. In July, German >>

Italy's jobless rate climbed to a seasonally-adjusted 10.8%, record high since the Q3 of 1999, Istat reported on Tuesday. Italy's economy slipped for a third quarter amid intensifying Europe' debt >>

On Tuesday, The National Bank of New Zealand reported a net 15.1% of business outlook survey respondents expect economic situation to develop during next 12 month, compared with 12.6% in >>

Three stocks dropped for every two that gained on the U.S. exchanges amid doubts that the two-day rally of S&P 500 had outperformed economic reality. The Standard & Poor's 500 >>

German retail sales dropped third month in a row in June on concerns about the results of the Eurozone crisis. On Tuesday, the Federal Statistics Office reported that sales, adjusted >>

Canada's Dollar hit the highest in almost 11 weeks against the U.S Dollar on beliefs that Federal Reserve will act further to boost U.S. economy and ECB will undertake extra >>

Global grain trade is expected to fall 4.9% in the 2012-13 marketing year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports. Arid weather from Europe to Australia and the worst drought in >>