[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing has made an unsolicited $39 billion takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, an offer contingent on the LSE ditching its acquisition of data company Refinitiv.
Downbeat: Oil traders dwell on weaker demand growth at industry meets
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil executives and traders attending major industry gatherings in Singapore and Abu Dhabi this week have flagged deteriorating demand growth in key markets such as China and India for the rise
India, South Korea win most foreign inflows into Asian bonds in August
[ad_1] A rupee coin is seen in this picture illustration taken in Mumbai April 30, 2012. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash/Files (Reuters) – Foreign flows into Asian bonds were mixed in August, with India and South Korean bonds
Oil climbs after bigger-than-expected fall in U.S. stockpiles
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices traded higher on Wednesday after an industry report said U.S. crude stockpiles fell last week by more than twice the amount that analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast.
Exclusive: Grab in talks to merge Indonesian payment firms to overtake Gojek – sources
[ad_1] JAKARTA (Reuters) – SoftBank-backed ride hailer Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm in which it owns shares, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power
Gold prices inch higher; all eyes on ECB meet
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Gold prices edged higher on Wednesday, snapping a four-day losing streak on technical buying, while investors awaited European Central Bank’s meeting where it is widely expected to cut interest rates. FILE PHOTO:
Corrected: India’s Nayara says Iran, Venezuela supply cut tightens heavy oil market
[ad_1] (Corrects paragraph 6 to say OPEC and major producers cutting output to balance the market, not the United States) SINGAPORE (Reuters) – India’s Nayara Energy Ltd, part-owned by a consortium led by Russian oil
Global Markets: Bond yields, stock prices supported ahead of central bank meetings
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stock markets held firm and bond yields rose on Wednesday as hopes of diminishing U.S.-China tensions and reduced risk of no-deal Brexit prompted investors to take profit in risk-off trade
Oil prices rise after data shows big drop in U.S. inventories
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an industry report showed that crude stockpiles in the U.S. fell last week by more than twice the amount that analysts had forecast. FILE PHOTO:
Wall Street mixed as investors flee growth for value
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 ended little changed on Tuesday, with a rally in energy and industrial shares countering a drop in the technology and real estate sectors as investors favoured value