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.FTSE index is seen opening 25-26 points lower on Thursday, according to financial bookmakers, ahead of the Bank of England's interest rate verdict and tracking weakness in the U.S. and Asia.

MANILA, Philippines — Shares were lower in opening deals on Thursday, tracking losses on Wall Street, after oil prices nearly crossed $124 a barrel. At 9:37 a.m. (0137 GMT), Manila's 30-company compo…

(SNP), or Sinopec, will be barred from trading stocks of companies listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange for three months, because it has violated a new rule that restricts the sale of previously n…

A chill wind blowing through the retail sector continued to cool the sharemarket in early trading today.The local market, which was down in early trading for the third successive day following four up…

Retail investors await more signals regarding the health of the industry as most retailers are expected to report their April sales on Thursday. Sales are expected to rebound from a downbeat March, bo…

A late Wednesday afternoon tumble sent the stock markets to their worst session in nearly a month, as a swirl of unsettling financial and economic news unnerved investors who had enjoyed several weeks…

Major US stock indices dropped more than 1.5 percent Wednesday after a government regulator said it was considering new disclosure requirements for financial institutions, while the price of oil reached another record high.

TOKYO, May 8 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond futures edged up on Thursday as investors took their cue from a fall in share prices and an overnight rally in U.S. Treasuries.

, chairman of Johnson Illington Advisors. Yet, "it is predictable that the market is going to give up some ground since we've had a very big rally since the middle of March, with the market up 10%,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. reported Wednesday that its earnings more than tripled in the latest quarter on a one-time gain of $1.7 billion from a stock exchange with Liberty Media Co…