AFTER URGENT U.S. WARNING, ASIAN STOCK MARKETS FALL

Highlights

• Tokyo’s Nikkei and Hong Kong's Hang Seng fall

• President Trump warns terrible days ahead

• Around 240,000 deaths in America as predicted by government’s scientists

Wednesday trading saw a fall in Asian markets af...

COUNTRIES DIVIDED OVER BETTING AS EUROPEAN REGULATORS CLASH OVER BAN ON SHORT SELLING

Highlights

• Countries in Europe divided over ban on short selling

• While Spain, Italy and France impose restrictions, UK and Germany maintain distance

Month of February and March saw share prices falling down at record speed, resulting in few regulators t...

EUROPEAN MARKET CLIMBS: FINALLY SOME SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT?

Highlights

• PMI for the month came at 52.0

• Analyst made a prediction of PMI to come at 45

• Over 720,000 people already infected by coronavirus, while 37,000 have already died out of it

As per reports, European markets are showing some sig...

M&M SHARE PRICES NOSEDIVE AFTER DOWNING SHUTTERS ACROSS ALL PLANTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

• M&M has suspended all activities for the present till further notice and a sharp fall has been registered in stock prices.
• Share prices of M&M nosedived to rest at an all-day low as compared to the previous closing figures.

Increased volatility was obs...

WHILE CORONAVIRUS KEEPS PUNCHING, EXPECT THE EUROPEAN MARKET TO START LOW

Highlights

• Global market continues being impacted

• Investors keep on assessing economic slowdown and impact on markets

• Over 720,000 people infected and 33,925 deaths by coronavirus worldwide

With coronavirus pandemic still in focus of in...

U.S. RALLY IMPACTS EUROPEAN STOCK MARKET BIG TIME

Highlights

• Stock Market crash after the rally by Wall Street

• Investors showing interest in companies which are deemed to get benefits out of U.S. $2 trillion bill

• Amidst economic slowdown Japan continues to flourish

With almost 2 percen...

SINGAPORE AIRLINES UNTIES THE SHACKLES WROUGHT BY CORONAVIRUS: TICKS INVESTORS FOR US $ 10.5 BILLION

• Singapore Airlines lines up investors for S$15 billion
• Sale of stocks to prop up business due to the corona virus outbreak

Singapore Airlines in a move to turn around its economy which has been hit badly on account of coronavirus outbreak is floating shares an...

MONDAY UPDATE – SEOUL STOCK MARKET

Highlights –

• Stocks traded lower, late Monday (KST)
• U.S. Federal Reserve slashed its key rate to 0.25  percent
• KOSPI shed 5.10 points as of 11:20 A.M (KST)

South Korea reported 74 new cases of the new coronaviru...

STOCK MARKET TRENDS TO EXPECT IN 2020

Highlights:

• The equity market ended 2019 on a high note and investors are looking with optimism towards 2020.
• In 2013, the S&P 500 index gained 28% in a single calendar year followed by 11.3% gain in 2014.
• Savita Subramanian, the Bank o...

SOUTH KOREAN STOCK MARKET TEMPORARILY HALTED ON FRIDAY

Highlights –

• South Korea’s stock exchange temporarily halted - both KOSPI and KOSDAQ
• It is the first time for the Seoul stock market to activate circuit breakers
• The KRX activated the sidecar a day earlier after a sharp drop in ...

SOUTH KOREA BANS SHORT SELLING OF STOCKS

Highlights –

• A temporary ban of 6 months on short-selling of stock in the market
• The ban will affect all listed firms
• The temporary ban marks the third of its kind in South Korea

The Financial Services Commission of ...

CIRCUIT BREAKER TRIGGERED AT 10%: TRADING HALTS FOR 45 MINTS

Highlights:

• Friday morning panic selling triggers the 10% circuit breaker
• Trading halts for 45 minutes
• Coronavirus pandemic panicking
• Policymakers making all the efforts to safeguard major economies

Domestic market of India has ...

THURSDAY UPDATE – SEOUL STOCK MARKET EXTEND LOSSES

Highlights –

• U.S. President addressing speech over COVID-19 led to a further decline in the stock market
• KOSPI plummeted to 86.55 points, the main index fell by 3 percent
• KOSPI's extended drop comes after Trump suspended all trave...

WEDNESDAY UPDATE – SEOUL STOCK MARKET

Highlights –

• Seoul Stocks drop by 3% on Wednesday (KST)
• KOSPI fell 54.66 points, or 2.78 percent, to 1,908.27
• Trading volume was moderate at 662.82 million shares worth US$7.5 billion

According to South Korean stock...

NONGSHIM CO. EARNINGS INCREASE AMID COVID-19

Highlights –

• People staying indoors and opting to eat instant food due to the epidemic
• Nongshim Co. may record an operating income of $80.8 Million on sales
• The company generates more than 60 percent of its sales from the instant noo...

US STOCK FUTURES TUMBLE BY 4% AMID CORONAVIRUS FEARS

Highlights:

• US futures have tumbled by more than 4%.
• S&P 500 index fell by 4.2% and settled at 2839.
• PIMCO has warned clients that a mild and short recession could worsen the economic condition.

The US equity markets h...

GLOBAL STOCK MARKET PANICS AGAIN: INDIAN STOCK MARKET REMAIN LARGELY DIM

Highlights:

• Global investor sentiments are low
• Panic selling in the market brings the stock market down again
• Investors are looking at Central banks for relief
• Saudi Arabia slashes Crude oil prices

The panic waves of coronavirus...

SK GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT INVESTORS RAPID DUMPING OF STOCKS

Highlights –

• SK Group to stock up treasury shares to persuade investors
• The company plans to buy back 22 Million common shares and 10,500 preferred shares
• The company sold their gas station business last week to Hyundai Oilbank
...

CORPORATE BOND SALES STRONG AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK – SOUTH KOREA

Highlights –

• South Korean bonds are on steady surge amid the epidemic
• Low yield bonds investment to raise money seems more feasible for local businesses
• Bond worth floated to $10.2 Billion

Amid the epidemic and inve...

MONDAY UPDATE – SOUTH KOREAN STOCK MARKET

Highlights –

• COVID-19 outbreak creates an extended loss in the stock market
• The Korean won fell sharply, investors selling off their shares
• KOSPI benchmark index plummeted

As on late Monday morning (KST), Seoul stock...