- Hiruki Nakamura
- 01 May, 2015
- New York City
Market indexes in Japan closed higher ahead of Golden Week holiday through May 6. Core consumer price index increased for the first time in a year. Jobless rate improved to 3.4% and household spending dropped in March. Sony estimated operating profit in the current fiscal year.
- Marcus Jacob
- 01 May, 2015
- New York City
Australian market indexes traded higher and trimmed weekly losses to 2% as home prices in capital cities across the nation continue to rise. Atlas Iron plans to reopen two of the three recently closed iron ore mines.
- Nichole Harper
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Market indexes on Wall Street tumbled led by a decline in technology companies and on mixed batch of economic data. Apple declined nearly 3% after the company restricted the sale of Apple Watch. Crude oil extends to a new 2015-high.
- Mukesh Buch
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
American Tower net declined 9% but revenues climbed 9%. BorgWarner net soared 12%. Colgate-Palmolive profit surged 40% while revenues dropped 6%. Cigna revenues climbed 11%. Exxon Mobil net tumbled 46%. Time Warner net fell 4%. Visa net surged 11%.
- Nigel Thomas
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Airbus profit surged 80% to
- Hiruki Nakamura
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Nikkei in Tokyo plunged 2.7% after two-day holiday and the U.S. economy nearly stalled in the first-quarter. Honda dropped 7% after the automaker estimated flat earnings in the current fiscal quarter. NTT DoCoMo declined 6% on earnings outlook.
- Marcus Jacob
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Australian market indexes dropped on weak banks and the Aussie dollar rose after the U.S. economy in the first-quarter nearly stalled. Ten Network said first-half loss widened on restructuring charges. TPG Telecom lifted its stake in Amcom Telecom and vote against the takeover.
- Mukesh Buch
- 30 Apr, 2015
- New York City
The benchmark index in India declined for the third week in a row. Axis Bank net climbed 18% on 22% increase in revenues. Biocon net soared 78%. Exide Industries net and revenues rose. TVS Motor net surged 74%.
- Nichole Harper
- 29 Apr, 2015
- New York City
U.S. economy slowed down in the first quarter on unusually cold weather, moderate consumer spending and weak energy prices. MasterCard said quarterly worldwide purchase volume increased 12%. Time Warner quarterly net plunged 25%. Volkswagen quarterly net soared 19%.
- Mukesh Buch
- 29 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Bristol-Myers profit soared 27%. Express Scripts net surged 34%. GoPro net jumped more than double. Humana net jumped 17%. Kraft Foods net plunged 16%. Level 3 net rose 9%. MasterCard net soared 17%. Twitter net loss widened. Time Warner net tumbled 25%. Reuters net climbed 10%.
- Nigel Thomas
- 29 Apr, 2015
- New York City
ABB net jumped 4% to $564 million but revenues declined 10%. Barclays set aside
- Marcus Jacob
- 29 Apr, 2015
- New York City
In active trading, Australian market indexes dropped 1.9% in a broad selloff. Wesfarmers reported mixed quarterly sales performance across various chains. Sales at Bunnings, Officeworks and Kmart rose in double digits. Recall Holdings accepted a revised offer from Iron Mountain.
- Mukesh Buch
- 29 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Market indexes extended losses in Mumbai despite rising earnings from two largest wireless telecom services providers. Bharti Airtel net climbed 31% and Idea Cellular quarterly net surged 60%. Ambuja Cements revenues declined 8%. HDFC quarterly net soared 8%.
- Nichole Harper
- 28 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Stocks on Wall Street in volatile trading reversed earlier losses after IBM and Apple hiked dividend and a private survey showed home prices increase more than expected in February. European markets dropped more than 1.3%. Crude oil jumped to a new 2015-high.
- Mukesh Buch
- 28 Apr, 2015
- New York City
Apple net surged 33% after sales climbed 27%. BP net tumbled 27% on 41% decline in revenues. Ford profit and sales dropped. Hartford net slumped 6%. Merck profit plunged 45%. Pfizer net barely rose 2%. Total net tumbled 20%. Whirlpool profit soared 19%.