Business Recorder

• MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside of Japan rose 0.9% with all major indexes trading higher on hopes of a vaccine for COVID-19.

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has been empowered to relax any of the...

FRANKFURT: Hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine pulled European stocks from losses earlier on Wednesday, after fears of a...

SHANGHAI: China's benchmark index closed at its highest level in nearly four months on Wednesday, as the central...

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and Nasdaq rose on Wednesday as rising hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine offset fears of another...

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 rallied on Tuesday to finish higher and secure its biggest quarterly percentage gain in...

TOKYO: Japanese shares ended lower on Wednesday as the Bank of Japan's quarterly corporate survey showed business...

LONDON: London's mid-cap index ended higher on Wednesday on hopes of a potential Covid-19 vaccine, while optimism...

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• The broad-based S&P 500 gained 0.5 percent to 3,114.99, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 0.2 percent to 10.082.83.

• MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.4%, led by gains in Korea and China.

ISTANBUL: Turkish stocks closed out their best quarter since mid-2009 on Tuesday, propelled by optimism that the...

DUBAI: Most major Gulf stock markets fell on Tuesday, with Saudi leading losses on the back of declines in financial...

SHANGHAI: Chinese shares ended higher on Tuesday, led by gains in technology stocks, as upbeat US and China data...

FRANKFURT: European stocks rose marginally on Tuesday to close out their best quarter since March 2015 as investors...

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and Dow Jones indexes gained on Tuesday, inching closer to ending their best quarter since...

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks closed higher on Monday and the S&P 500 was poised to clinch its biggest quarterly...

SYDNEY: Australian shares rose on Tuesday after the country's central bank played up prospects of fresh stimulus and...

TOKYO: Japanese shares ended higher on Tuesday, as positive economic data from the United States and China helped to...

LONDON: London's FTSE 100 fell on Tuesday after data showing Britain's economy shrank by the most since 1979 in the...

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• The energy sector dropped 1.7% as US crude prices were down 0.1% a barrel, while Brent crude lost 1.2%.
• On the TSX, 141 issues were higher, while 78 issues declined for a 1.81-to-1 ratio favouring gainers, with 72.05 million shares traded.

• The NSE Nifty 50 index settled down 0.1% at 10,302.1 on Tuesday, while the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex slipped 0.13% to 34,915.8
• The Nifty closed the quarter about up 19.8% and the Sensex 18.5%, registering their best performances since the June quarter of 2009.

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1 percent to 25,575.62, while the broad-based S&P 500 added 0.3 percent at 3,062.66.