HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian equities bounced back Thursday from the previous day’s mauling while the euro held on to a recovery as fears of turmoil in Italy were soothed by conciliatory noises from the country’s two biggest populist parties. The head of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement said he was prepared to offer a compromise candidate for the finance ministry after President Sergio Mattarella’s decision to veto an avowed eurosceptic led to the […]
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Asia energy firms dive with oil, Trump-Kim hopes provide optimism
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Energy firms plunged with oil prices in Asia Monday after Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled they could lift output, while indications Donald Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un could be back on provided support to equity markets. Both main contracts tanked on Friday after Saudi oil minister Khaled al-Faleh said his country could open the taps wider in the second half of the year to ensure against any supply shocks. […]





