Volatility has picked up in recent weeks, with stocks halting a rebound that added as much as $30 trillion in global market value since the turmoil
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares started cautiously on Monday on jitters over heady valuations though sentiment was underpinned by coronavirus hopes after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) authorised the use of blood plasma from recovered patients as a treatment option.
After a rocky first year of trading, Sea's stock has gone on to trounce everything in its class
Asian indices closed higher and European markets were up in midday trading, while Wall Street futures pointed to gains on the open in the US
Amazon.com warned of a possible second-quarter loss, while Apple omitted an earnings forecast for the first time in more than a decade
While most Asian markets surged, a second day of gains in European equities put the region's benchmarks from Italy to France and Germany on course to exit a bear market
Rogers is not surprised by the recent flight to quality, saying it's a 'tried and true' function of the markets in distress
The logic of geographical diversification of portfolio remains valid even today
MSCI's broadest index of world shares added 0.2% to December's 3.3% jump and the 24% gained in 2019
China's economy grew at a slightly less-than-expected 6% in Q3 but traders seemed to be taking comfort that swift stimulus from Beijing and central banks in recent weeks could avert serious downturn
The MSCI Asia Pacific Index's 11% gain this year, however, still lags the global benchmark
European stocks have been most hit with the Stoxx 600 Index showing a near 13 per cent point impact
Signs of progress between Beijing and Washington are helping revitalize a rally in global equities that showed signs of stalling last week
China's tariff-hit slowdown and weakening yuan are among the causes of the wider emerging market malaise and shares in major Chinese firms are firmly in the firing line
Monetary tightening, proceeding at a different pace on either side of the Atlantic, was making its mark on bond markets
Crude prices eased back slightly after three sessions of strong gains took them to the highest levels since late 2014
In Trump's latest salvo, he said late on Thursday that he had instructed U.S. trade officials to consider $100 billion in additional tariffs on China
Most European stock indices opened slightly higher, with the benchmark up 0.4% and the export-sensitive German DAX up 0.5%
Facebook Inc shed nearly 7 per cent after reports that a political consultancy that worked on US President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign gained inappropriate access to data on 50 million of the social
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 ended down just 0.05 per cent at 2,726.8 after an initial loss of almost one per cent