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London nickel prices soared as much as 30.7% on Monday, the biggest daily percentage gain on record, as supply fears gripped markets amid an escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict
Investors have shown growing interest in Thai, Malaysian and Indonesian stocks as economic prospects brighten in ASEAN nations, while other regions are hit by impacts of the Ukraine crisis
The Indian rupee fell to a historic low on Monday, after a sharp rise in global prices of crude oil stirred concern on inflation and possible interest rate hikes by the central bank
Yuan's trade-weighted CFETS basket index rose to 106.07, the highest level since the index was introduced in early 2015, according to a calculation based on official data
The state planning body plans to boost output and reserves of oil, gas, as well as coal, which powers more than 60% of China's electricity generation plants
Japan's Nikkei sinks 3.2%, Sensex opens 2.3% down, while the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares ex-Japan loses 1.6% and Chinese blue chips shed 0.8% amid a sea of red
Aggregate cash holdings of ASX200 companies grew 60% in the year to December 31, hitting a record high of $246 billion, according to a CommSec analysis.
Former CEO of the National Stock Exchange was arrested in New Delhi late on Sunday, a source at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and international asset manager Brookfield have raised their bid to buy Australian energy giant AGL...
Reliance Industries, India's biggest conglomerate run by Mukesh Ambani, the country's richest man, presses ahead with a shock de facto takeover
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With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors
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Oil & GasIndia Is Likely Exporting Refined Russian Oil to the WestIndia’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
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MarketsApple Asks Suppliers in Taiwan to Meet China Label StandardsUS tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
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MarketsIndian-Owned Tech Firms See Sharp Growth in UKDespite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
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MarketsChina Becomes World’s Second-Biggest Bitcoin Mining HubThe Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.
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