SINGAPORE, June 18 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures were barely changed around $105, holding not far off their strongest level in 10 weeks on mounting tensions in the Middle East, as investors remain cautious ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hinted in an interview aired on Monday that he may be looking for a new chief of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank, saying current Chairman Ben Bernanke has stayed a lot longer than he had originally planned.
SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.5 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by high-yielding stocks as investors awaited the outcome of the U.S. Federal Reserve 's monetary meeting and clues to when it might start tapering its stimulus programme.
Caution abounds as global markets nervously eye the Fed . In Tokyo the Nikkei edges up 0.4% early while shares trade modestly lower in Australia (ASX -0.4% ) and hover around …
… straight day of gains, which will mark its longest winning run since a sharp selloff on May 23, underpinned by hopes the Federal Reserve will reinforce its commitment to support the U.S. economy. Sony Corp climbed 3.6 percent after New York-based hedge …
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SYDNEY, June 18 (Reuters) - Australian shares fell 0.4 percent on Tuesday, dragged down by high-yielding stocks as investors remain cautious ahead of the outcome of a Federal Reserve meeting as they...
… straight day of gains, which will mark its longest winning run since a sharp selloff on May 23, underpinned by hopes the Federal Reserve will reinforce its commitment to support the U.S. economy. The Nikkei added 0.3 percent to 13,077.53, while the …
SEOUL, June 18 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened higher on Tuesday after firm gains on Wall Street, but rises were limited as investors continue to speculate over the Federal Reserve 's intentions for its stimulus programme ahead of a meeting of policymakers this week.
The fundamentals haven't changed enough to warrant all the skittishness in the market right now over what the Fed is going do about QE, observes Fusion Analytics Josh Brown. He brushes off talk recently in the Financial Times that Chairman …