Oil posts biggest 3-day gain since 1998
Oil prices rose almost 7 percent on Friday to cap their biggest three-day rally in a decade on expectations a sweeping U.S. govern...
Asian stocks rose for a fifth straight day on Monday on hopes policy efforts to dampen the impact of the financial crisis would ultimately take hold, though data still painted an ugly picture of the global economy.
World stocks rose on the first trading day of the year after a dismal 2008, while the dollar gained. Crude oil and metal prices fell, as did government bonds. (Jan 02, 2009 4:50PM)
World stock markets closed out the year on Wednesday with some having registered their worst annual losses in history, although December looked set to end on a rare up note and there was some optimism... (Dec 31, 2008 4:06PM)
Sterling hit a record low on a trade-weighted basis and a 6-1/2 year low against the dollar on Tuesday, nagged by a grim outlook for the economy in thin trade as the year draws to a close. (Dec 30, 2008 8:29PM)
Oil prices rose almost 7 percent on Friday to cap their biggest three-day rally in a decade on expectations a sweeping U.S. govern...
Most Asian shares fell on Friday as concerns over the global economy and caution ahead of a Bank of Japan rate decision halted a p...
The pound fell to a 2-1/2-year low against the dollar on Friday after a wave of risk aversion dented high-yielding currencies, off...