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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Wall Street stocks endured a brutal session Monday, with the Dow seeing one of its steepest ever one-day point drops, as the heady bullishness of early 2018 gave way to extreme volatility. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 4.6 percent to 24,345.75, having at one point plummeted nearly 1,600 points to hit a session low of 23,923.88. The broad-based S&P 500 dropped 4.1 percent to 2,648.94, while the tech-rich […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The dollar sank with most Asian equities Tuesday as two Republican senators rejected their party’s bill repealing Obamacare, effectively killing it and throwing Donald Trump’s economic agenda into doubt. Global markets soared for months after Trump’s November election on hopes his big-spending, tax-cutting policies would fire the world’s top economy. But an ongoing crisis surrounding the White House has hobbled the tycoon’s presidency, with opposition to his controversial health care […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks ended Tuesday morning in negative territory as a strong yen hit exporters and banks following a three-day weekend in Japan. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.63 percent, or 127.00 points, to 19,991.86 by the break, falling below the key 20,000 level, while the Topix index of all first-section issues was down 0.56 percent, or 9.14 points, to stand at 1,616.34. © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks slipped Thursday morning with troubled airbag supplier Takata diving by more than half as it appeared to be headed for bankruptcy court. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 0.10 percent, or 20.54 points, to sit at 20,118.25 by the break, while the Topix index of all first-section issues edged down 0.03 percent, or 0.42 points, to 1,611.14. © Agence France-Presse
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks drifted lower Thursday morning, despite another record close on Wall Street after the Fed decided to hike interest rates, as a pick up in the yen hit electronics firms. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.43 percent, or 86.06 points, to 19,797.46 by the lunch break while the Topix index of all first-section issues lost 0.40 percent, or 6.42 points, to end the morning at 1,585.35. © Agence France-Presse
Due to low demand, there is an over-supply of cabbage which caused an extreme dropping o the price of said vegetable, with one kilo selling for 1 peso in La Trinidad.
