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New China Futures Have Best First Day in HKEX’s History
New China Futures Have Best First Day in HKEX’s History

Trading showed strong demand from investors in China for hedging tools amid market volatility - and a battle for derivatives dominance between Hong Kong and Singapore.

Asia Traders Gloomy As Slowing China Growth, Inflation Weigh
Asia Traders Gloomy As Slowing China Growth, Inflation Weigh

Soaring prices, energy crunches and a likely end to easy money all contributed to a less than energetic opening to the week’s trading

Earnings Data Boosts Asia’s Markets But Inflation Fears Lurk
Earnings Data Boosts Asia’s Markets But Inflation Fears Lurk

Banking giants JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley returned strong earnings figures though traders remained distracted by soaring prices and tapering worries.

Asia Markets Advance As Recovery Hopes Trump Inflation Fears
China Property Shares Pummelled As Evergrande Impact Widens
Asian Markets Stall As Traders Wait For US Inflation Data
China Developers’ Bonds, Shares Hit Again By Evergrande Woes
Asia Markets Drop As Inflation, Energy Crunch Fears Dominate
Chinese Developer Sinic Set To Default On $250m Of Bonds
Shanghai Pulls Plug On Syngenta IPO In Mass Listings Freeze

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ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

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