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Asian stock markets rose on Friday, recovering from a series of sharp losses this week as government and institutional support to stem a potential banking crisis helped improve sentiment, while traders also priced in a less hawkish Federal Reserve. Chinese bourses were the

European Central Bank policymakers are still leaning towards a half-percentage-point rate hike on Thursday, despite turmoil in the banking sector, as they expect inflation will remain too high in coming years, a source told Reuters. Investors had begun to doubt the ECB’s commitment

Most Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday, helped by a recovery in bank shares amid easing fears over a potential crisis in the U.S., while growing bets that the Federal Reserve will adopt a less hawkish stance also aided sentiment. Regional markets took

Asia’s share markets slid on Tuesday, with financial stocks in Tokyo leading losses as fear of a U.S. banking crisis had investors fleeing the sector and slashing the interest rate outlook even ahead of U.S. inflation data due later in the day. Japan’s

Gold prices hit a one-month high on Monday, recovering sharply from recent losses as markets bet that a burgeoning banking crisis in the U.S. will push the Federal Reserve into softening its hawkish rhetoric in the coming days. The dollar fell sharply against

Oil prices rose slightly on Monday as a brewing banking crisis in the U.S. spurred expectations that the Federal Reserve will soften its hawkish rhetoric in the coming months, although caution still persisted over a potential economic fallout. Oil markets benefited from weakness

The U.S. dollar edged lower in early European trade Friday ahead of the key monthly jobs report, and the yen weakened after the Bank of Japan retained its ultra-dovish stance. At 03:00 ET (08:00 GMT), the Dollar Index, which tracks the greenback against

one of the biggest banks in the cryptocurrency industry, said on Wednesday it was planning to wind down operations and liquidate voluntarily Shares of crypto-related companies fell on Thursday, as the bank’s collapse sparked a crisis of confidence in the industry. Silvergate shares

The U.K. asset manager and insurer said it is confident of its ability to continue generating surplus cash and expects to pay out around £915M (£1 = $1.1848) this year and will aim for “low to mid-single-digit growth” in the dividend thereafter. “We