South Africa's rand weakened early on Wednesday, giving back some of the gains from the previous session as investors pocketed profits from the risk-on rally, while hopes over easing tensions inside the ruling party faded.
Hong Kong will re-open gyms and massage parlours and extend night-time dining hours from Friday, easing tough coronavirus curbs as new daily infections in the Asian financial hub drop into the single digits.
(RTTNews) - The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has opened enforcement proceedings against Credit Suisse in the 2019 spying activities at the Swiss bank.
European shares opened higher on Wednesday after losing for four straight sessions, with media and entertainment stocks bouncing back from steep losses in the prior session.
Russian conglomerate Sistema said on Wednesday that it and the Russia-China Investment Fund (RCIF) had raised 20.7 billion roubles ($281 million) from the sale of 25% of shares in Russia's biggest toy retailer Detsky Mir.
Domino's Pizza Group on Wednesday appointed interim Chief Financial Officer Neil Smith to the role on a permanent basis to replace David Bauernfeind, who died in a snorkelling accident last year.
Ryanair flew 7 million passengers last month, up 59% on July as it returned to a more regular schedule but still less than half the number it flew a year earlier before the COVID-19 pandemic hit air travel.
A group of major Sinch AB shareholders have sold 1.75 million shares in the Swedish cloud computing services provider at a discount of 5.7% on Tuesday's closing price, ownership data service Holdings said in a tweet on Wednesday.
Tokyo 2020 Olympic organisers hope Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will remain involved in preparations for the re-arranged Games next year, despite his announced resignation on Friday.
Britain's biggest housebuilder, Barratt Developments, scrapped a special dividend payout for 2021 on Wednesday as it reported a near 30% fall in full-year housing completions and revenue, but pointed to an improvement in forward sales.
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Indonesia's rupiah was the biggest mover among emerging Asian currencies on Wednesday, weakening 1.5% after officials failed to quell concerns that a proposed new framework for monetary policy-making could undermine the central bank's independence.
Shares in Australia's Afterpay Ltd and its smaller consumer lender rivals tumbled for a second day on Wednesday, as the entry of U.S. giant PayPal into the buy-now-pay-later sector sent investors scrambling to re-price its frothy stocks.
Investors in Japanese government bonds on Wednesday refrained from placing big bets ahead of a speech by Yoshihide Suga, the frontrunner to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and on caution due to the auction of a 30-year government debt later this week.
Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd expects it will lose domestic market share to rival Qantas Airways Ltd under its new business plan as it exits unprofitable routes, Virgin's chief executive said on Wednesday.
The dollar bounced off two-year lows on Wednesday as U.S. data pointed to a firm manufacturing activity, while the euro retreated from its highest levels since 2018 on profit-taking.
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Trading firm Traxys has won a tender to sell cobalt metal for Wheaton Precious Metals, two sources familiar with the matter said, in a deal that propels it into the big league to rival the likes of Glencore in the valuable commodity.
Bank Indonesia intervened to smooth volatility in the rupiah on Wednesday, as the currency came under pressure on worries about central bank independence following a proposal to give the government more authority in monetary policy decisions.