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(RTTNews) - The Hong Kong stock market has tracked lower in back-to-back sessions, sinking more than 120 points or 0.5 percent along the way. The Hang Seng Index now rests just beneath the 24,120-point plateau although it may find traction on Monday.

(RTTNews) - The China stock market returned from its long National Day holiday to the upside on Friday, after finishing lower in four of five sessions before the break. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 3,270-point plateau and it's got a positive lead again fo

(RTTNews) - Ahead of Friday's holiday for National Day, the Taiwan stock market had climbed higher in seven straight sessions, surging more than 640 points or 5.1 percent along the way. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now rests just beneath the 12,750-point plateau and it's expected t

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market on Friday snapped the four-day winning streak in which it had climbed almost 50 points or 2 percent. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 2,530-point plateau although it figures to bounce higher again on Monday.

(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market has finished higher in two straight sessions, spiking more than 40 points or 2.7 percent along the way, The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now rests just above the 1,530-point plateau and it may add to its winnings again on Monday.

(RTTNews) - Ahead of Friday's holiday for Hangul Day, the South Korea stock market had finished higher in seven straight sessions, soaring almost 125 points or 6.4 percent along the way. The KOSPI now rests just above the 2,390-point plateau and it's looking at a firm open again

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The e-commerce trend has accelerated as consumers have moved online to buy everyday goods to avoid visiting brick-and-mortar retailers and risk getting exposed to the coronavirus. MercadoLibre's (NASDAQ: MELI) business and its stock have been able to ride this trend, resulting i

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Stocks rose significantly last week as Wall Street tried to judge the likelihood that a new stimulus package aimed at supporting the U.S. economy would be passed. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 gained over 3%. That put the Dow back in positive territor

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It isn't an everyday occurrence that a company reports strong revenue and profit gains and experiences a sharp decrease in the stock price, falling 7% for the day. Yet that's exactly what happened after Domino's Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) released its fiscal third-quarter 2020 results, w

Logitech International (NASDAQ: LOGI) saw its share price drop slightly last week after investors learned that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) had stopped selling competing speaker products in the Apple store. The move comes as Apple is expected to announce new versions of AirPods soon, an

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Tough times continued for U.S. airlines last quarter, as air travel demand remained severely depressed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) isn't waiting to fill shareholders in on just how bad the quarter was. The airline giant plans to release its Q3 earni

Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ: BNTX) started the phase 3 clinical trial for their coronavirus vaccine BNT162b2 around the same time as Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) started its phase 3 study for mRNA-1273.

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