• Aug 28, 2024

Gold slips on stronger dollar, market awaits US inflation data

Gold prices slipped on Wednesday as the dollar ticked up, while investors awaited a key U.S. inflation report due this week for more clarity on the size of a likely September rate cut. Spot gold fell 0.7% to $2,507.64 per ounce by 0531 GMT. "Market seems to be waiting for a catalyst to ignite the potential bullish breakthrough above that $2,532 level," said Kelvin Wong, OANDA's senior market analyst for Asia Pacific.

  • Aug 28, 2024

India's VerSe buys Valueleaf to boost digital marketing

VerSe Innovation, India's content tech unicorn that owns local language news aggregator Dailyhunt, digital newsstand platform Magzter and short-video app Josh, has acquired digital marketing firm Valueleaf Group in a cash and equity deal. Valueleaf will help VerSe to bolster its presence in the Indian digital ad space and build a significant retargeting platform, countering the likes of Google, which also backs the startup, and local contenders including InMobi. Digital ad spending in India is growing as consumption across online platforms expands in the world's most populous country.

  • Aug 28, 2024

China’s Two Richest People Lose Billions in Consumer Stock Rout

(Bloomberg) -- Record-breaking stock selloffs in two of China’s biggest consumer companies erased more than $18 billion from the fortunes of the nation’s richest people, underscoring deepening investor concern over the health of Asia’s biggest economy.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityChina’s wealthiest person, N

  • Aug 28, 2024

Market Darling Abercrombie & Fitch to Make a Full Comeback to HK

(Bloomberg) -- Apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co., which has emerged as one of America’s hottest stocks over the past year, is planning a full-fledged return to Hong Kong eight years after it shut its flagship store in the city, according to people familiar.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityThe company will

  • Aug 28, 2024

China’s Credit Market Sees First Floating Rate Bond Since 2020

(Bloomberg) -- A Chinese local government financing vehicle is selling the first floating rate corporate note seen in the domestic bond market in more than four years, even as interest rates in the country are at historically low levels.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunHow the Cortiços of São Paulo Helped Shelter South America’s Largest CityShanghai Lingang Economic Development (Grou

  • Aug 27, 2024

Australia inflation eases in July, but progress still slow

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian inflation slowed to a four-month low in July as government rebates on electricity bills kicked in, but progress on tempering price gains elsewhere disappointed and led markets to pare back the chance of a near-term cut in interest rates. The consumer price index (CPI) rose at an annual pace of 3.5% in July, down from 3.8% in June, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed on Wednesday. The figure was slightly above forecasts of 3.4%, leading markets to slightly lengthen the odds of a first easing from the Reserve Bank of Australia in November to 48.4%, from 58% before.

  • Aug 27, 2024

Australian Inflation Cools, RBA Set to Retain Hawkish Bias

(Bloomberg) -- A gauge of Australian monthly inflation cooled in July, suggesting price pressures began to ease in the current quarter though not fast enough to warrant early interest-rate cuts.Most Read from BloombergNazi Bunker’s Leafy Makeover Turns Ugly Past Into Urban EyecatcherChicago Overcomes DNC Skeptics With Calm, Parties and SunThe consumer price indicator climbed 3.5% from a year earlier, down from 3.8% and just above economists’ estimate, government data showed Wednesday. The trimme