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USA Giappone
Japan leads Asia stocks higher, oil buoyant as dollar sags
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, led by a rebound in Japanese shares as investors hunted for bargains, and commodities like crude oil strengthened as the weaker US dollar made them cheaper for buyers using currencies other than the greenback.
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India Singapore
Gold futures decline Rs 32 on profit-booking
Gold prices fell by Rs 32 to Rs 29,490 per 10 ten grams in futures trading on Tuesday as participants indulged in profit-booking at prevailing levels amid a weak trend overseas. Globally, gold fell 0.4 per cent to $1,253.36 an ounce in Singapore.
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Giappone
Dollar firmer above ¥108 in Tokyo trading
The dollar was firmer above ¥108 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, supported by a stock rally and a warning of action by Finance Minister Taro Aso after the yen’s rapid advance. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥108.20-21, up from ¥108.05-06 at the same time Monday. The euro was ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks bounce on weaker yen
Stocks rebounded sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, as the yen’s weakening against the dollar induced brisk buybacks. The Nikkei average climbed 177.66 points, or 1.13 percent, to end at 15,928.79. On Monday, it lost 70.39 points. The Topix index grew 19.56 points, or 1.53 percent, to close ...
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Giappone
Skymark’s overseas charter flights may fly from Haneda, Fukuoka
Skymark Airlines is considering using Haneda airport among other facilities for its planned international charter flights, Masahiko Ichie said in a recent interview. He cited Ibaraki Airport, Fukuoka Airport and Kagoshima Airport as other possible sites. Skymark, the nation’s third-largest carrier, aims to launch international charter flights in fiscal 2018 ...
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Giappone
Mr. Yen says currency may strengthen below 100 by year-end
After correctly predicting its advance beyond ¥115 and then ¥110 per dollar, Eisuke Sakakibara now says the nation’s currency may strengthen to ¥100 by year-end. The former Finance Ministry official in charge of currency intervention, who was dubbed Mr. Yen for his ability to influence the exchange rate in the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s used car sales up 1.7%, first rise in three years
Sales of used cars in Japan rose 1.7 percent in fiscal 2015 from the previous year to 3,733,321 units, marking the first growth in three years, an industry body’s data showed Tuesday. The number of used vehicles, excluding minicars with engines no larger than 660 cubic centimeters, however, was the ...
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Giappone
Japan’s beer shipments hit low in January to March period as drinkers shift focus
Beer and quasi-beer shipments from January to March fell 3.8 percent from a year earlier to 80,684,000 cases, the lowest level for the period, data from five major brewers showed Tuesday. Each case contains the equivalent of 20 bottles of 633 milliliters. Shipments slumped for happoshu low-malt quasi-beer and so-called ...
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Giappone
Negative rates failed to boost bank lending in March
Loan growth slowed to the weakest pace in three years in March, signaling the central bank’s introduction of negative interest rates has yet to spur credit in the world’s third-largest economy. Loans, excluding trusts, rose 2 percent from a year earlier, slowing from 2.2 percent in February, the Bank of ...
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Giappone Taiwan
Sharp to nearly double intake of recruits following takeover
Sharp Corp. said Monday it will nearly double the number of new recruits for fiscal 2017 as it begins to rebuild under Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. The struggling electronics maker plans to hire 290 graduates — 200 university graduates and 90 high school and vocational school graduates. This ...