Lola Evans
15 Nov 2019, 16:02 GMT+10
SYDNEY, Australia - Stock markets across Asia rose on Friday.
The Nikkei 225 jumped 170.61 points or 0.74% to 23,312.16.
The Australian All Ordinaries rose 58.10 points or 0.85% to 6,898.90.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong was little changed, adding 2.97 points or 0.01% to 26,326.66.
China's Shanghai composite, going against the trend, retreated 18.53 points or 0.64% to 2,891.34.
The euro rose slightly to 1.1022. The British pound was a fraction higher in Asia on Friday, last trading at 1.2876.
The Swiss franc firmed to 0.9894. The Japanese yen was steady at 108.58.
The Australian dollar was a tad stronger at 0.6791, as was the Canadian dollar at 1.3227. The New Zelaand dollar edged up to 0.6384.
Overnight on Wall Street, the Standard and Poor's 500 barely moved, closing just 0.34 of a point or 0.01% higher at 3,094.38.
The Dow Jones industrials lost 22.08 points or 0.08% to close Thursday at 27,761.51.
The Nasdaq Composite retreated 8.02 points or 0.09% to 8,474.08.
Get a daily dose of Broadcast Communications news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well.
Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Broadcast Communications.
More InformationSYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia made a welcome return to the black on Friday, to close out what has ...
BEIJING, China - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300 million results-based lending program with private sector involvement ...
NEW YORK, New York - U.S. stock markets made minor gains on Thursday as speculation over the outcome of trade ...
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Tajikistan is reportedly on the cusp of selling a stake in its main industrial concern to a ...
SYDNEY, Australia - Stocks in Asia firmed on Thursday, after Wall Street rebounded on positive trade comments by President Trump.In ...
NEW DELHI, India - The board of directors at telecom major Bharti Airtel has approved fund raising of up to ...
London - US e-commerce giant Amazon's entry into the live broadcasting of Premier League football was expected to be full ...
Cape Town - With the start of a bumper summer against England now just three weeks away, Cricket South Africa ...
New Delhi [India], Dec 4 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019 that deals ...
Cape Town - English cricket has many natural advantages over its South African equivalent, not least in infinitely superior financial/commercial ...
Follow on TwitterIndia's tour of Australia in 2021 could become the first series ever to feature more than one day-night ...
DFL tests first football broadcast in 9:16 format Broadband TV News ...