Spanish stocks rise 0.49 pct on Thursday
MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Spanish shares rose 0.49 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark index Ibex-35 opening at 9,487.80 points and closing at 9,534.10 points. A total of 18 of the 35 blue-chip
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Spanish stocks rise 0.49 pct on Thursday
MADRID, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Spanish shares rose 0.49 percent on Thursday, with the benchmark index Ibex-35 opening at 9,487.80 points and closing at 9,534.10 points. A total of 18 of the 35 blue-chip
UK R&D spending up 4.8 pct in 2017: ONS
LONDON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- Research and development (RD) expenditure in Britain increased by 4.8 percent in 2017 from the previous year, according to figures released on Thursday by the Office for
Brazil markets revise down 2019 growth f...
BRASILIA, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's financial market revised down the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth forecast for 2019 from 2.28 to 2.01 percent, the Central Bank of Brazil said Monday. Acco
Sudan's inflation rate drops to 43.45 pc...
KHARTOUM, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The inflation rate in Sudan greatly dropped to 43.45 percent in January compared with 72.94 percent in December last year, said Sudan's Central Statistics Bureau in a mo
Chinese shares close lower Thursday
BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed lower Thursday, with the media sector leading the losses. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.92 percent to close at 2,994.94. The Shenzh
Singapore records 3.29 pct growth in dom...
SINGAPORE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Singapore's total loans and advances including bills financing of Domestic Banking Units (DBU) grew 3.29 percent year on year in February, according to data released b
China's excavator sales surge in March
BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Sales for China's major excavator producers saw notable growth in March, adding to evidence that economic activity remains resilient. The country's 25 leading excavator m
China stock market to see big capital in...
NEW YORK, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Capital inflow into Chinese on-shore stock market would accelerate in 2019 thanks to global index supplier MSCI's decision to hike the inclusion factor of China's A-Shar
S.Korea's consumer price rises 0.5 pct i...
South Korea's consumer price rose 0.5 percent in February from a year earlier on lower prices for oil product and vegetable, a government report showed Tuesday. The consumer price index stood at 104
Vietnam's retail sales, service revenues...
HANOI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam's total goods retail sales and consumer service revenues in the first two months of this year grew 12.2 percent on-year to 793.8 trillion Vietnamese dong (34.5 bill
Ford reports 1.6 percent sales decline i...
CHICAGO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Ford Motor on Thursday reported a 1.6 percent decline in its first quarter overall sales in the U.S. market, despite strong performance in truck and SUV segments. Ford tr
Zoomlion forecasts 126 to 179 pct profit...
SHENZHEN, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science Technology Co., Ltd., one of China's top construction machinery manufacturers, forecast an annual net profit growth between 125.6 percent
Bank of Changsha net profit up 14 pct in...
SHANGHAI, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Bank of Changsha Co., Ltd., a Chinese city commercial bank, posted a 13.94 percent year-on-year growth in net profit last year. Its net profit attributable to sharehold
Vietnam's firm establishment down 14.6 p...
HANOI, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Up to 15,979 enterprises with total registered capital of 247.4 trillion Vietnamese dong (nearly 10.8 billion U.S. dollars) were set up in Vietnam in the first two months t
IMF expects 3.8 pct growth of Kyrgyz eco...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted the Kyrgyz economy would grow by 3.8 percent in 2019, the organization's Resident Representative Office in Kyrgyzstan reported on Friday. "The economy
German shares lose 1.61 pct Friday
FRANKFURT, March 22 (Xinhua) -- German shares lost on Friday, with the benchmark DAX index down 185.79 points, or 1.61 percent, to close at 11,364.17 points. European health care company Fresenius SE
Chinese shares end lower Monday
BEIJING, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Chinese shares ended lower on Monday, with gains led by chemical and liquor makers. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index opened 0.76 percent higher but pared early gain
China speeds up military modernization i...
In 2019, China will lower its defense budget growth rate to 7.5 percent, from last year's 8.1 percent, according to a draft budget report submitted to the annual session of the National People's Cong
Shanghai port sees auto imports decline ...
SHANGHAI, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) -- Automobile imports via Shanghai port fell 9.8 percent year on year to 373,000 last year, according to Shanghai Customs. The value of total auto imports went down by a na
About one in four cars in Germany meets ...
BERLIN, March 1 (Xinhua) -- More than one in four cars, 26.3 percent, on German roads met the highest European emissions standard Euro 6 in 2018, official numbers by the German Federal Motor Transpor