Asian stocks cheer plan to rescue U.S. bond insurers
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Most major Asian share markets rose on Thursday, lifted by banks and financials after the U.S. government outlined a plan to rescue battered bond insurers and stave off a fresh round of billion-dollar writedowns.
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LONDON -- European and Asian stock markets rallied Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut.
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Asian shares rallied on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's biggest interest rate cut in over two decades, but nagging fears of a U.S. recession prompted many indexes to give up much of their early gains.
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Asian stocks rose moderately on  Tuesday as investors sought to balance relief from lower oil  prices against signs that sustained high energy costs could  start to bite into profits and economic growth.
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Business & money: FTSE 100 leaps 3% after rumours of plan to save credit insurers cheered US and Asian markets
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Insurance stocks rose Tuesday on confidence that the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake that wreaked havoc on nations in southern Asia over the weekend will not require significant payouts.
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Stocks in Asia extended gains to more than 4 percent on Friday as a U.S. tax stimulus package, reassuring jobs data and the prospect of another Federal Reserve rate cut eased fears the world's top economy will slide into recession.
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Asia&#39;s biggest stock exchange finished its final day of trading for the year yesterday on a high note, with stocks rallying to cap a year, during which the benchmark gained 7.6 percent on hopes Japan&#39;s economy is on a rebound.
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As U.S. Treasury bonds rallied on Tuesday, many investors sought options known as puts pegged to a fund often used as a bond market surrogate and, in this case, as a safety net, should bond prices reverse course and fall.
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Optimism about company earnings and  continued global economic strength boosted European and Asian  shares, hurt bonds, and laid the grounds for a strong Wall  Street opening on Monday.
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Asian stock markets took a breather on Monday, but the underlying tone was positive after the U.S. president and Federal Reserve chairman both talked about tackling a credit problem that had roiled financial markets.
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Asian share markets on Wednesday tracked heavy losses on Wall Street on fears about an intensifying crisis in U.S. mortgage lending, spooking investors nursing losses from a sharp sell-off two weeks ago.
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Major Asian share markets rallied, with Sydney surging 7 percent on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's biggest interest rate cut in over two decades tempted investors to beaten-down equities, but recession fears lingered.
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Asian stock markets were  slammed on Wednesday by the widening damage caused by the U.S.  subprime mortgage sector meltdown, with investors fearing more  negative surprises will emerge in the region.
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Upbeat earnings statements from U.S.  technology bellwethers and a pullback in oil prices gave  flagging European and Asian stock markets a boost on Tuesday,  as bonds eased ahead of key U.S. data.
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Asian stocks, which have been jittery  this year at any ill omen from the U.S. market, are likely to  take note on Monday of Wall Street's latest fall, while  investors continue to keep an eye out for bargains.
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Asian stocks, which have been jittery this year at any ill omen from the U.S. market, are likely to take note on Monday of Wall Street's latest fall, while investors continue to keep an eye out for bargains.