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China data supports market sentiment
China data supports market sentiment

(ATF) China led Asian markets higher after upbeat data from the services sector gave legs to the rally...

What keeps driving USD down and CNY well-supported?
What keeps driving USD down and CNY well-supported?

(ATF) I wrote a couple of weeks ago that I was highly – and caustically – sceptical of the...

China mulls brokerage licences for two investment banks
China mulls brokerage licences for two investment banks

(ATF) ICBC and China Construction Bank look likely to be the first Chinese banks to be...

China e-commerce transactions surge to 34tn yuan
Support pledged to help smaller enterprises
China factory rebound boosts markets
PBoC lowers refinancing, rediscount rates
New laws on website marketing, live online broadcasts
Will HKD-USD peg survive escalating China-US tensions?
Data from Asia’s two biggest economies boosts markets

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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