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Indian shares opened lower on Tuesday after closing at new record highs for three straight sessions, as Asian peers were subdued disappointed by the lack of large stimulus measures by China.

Most nonferrous metals fell on Tuesday as traders were left disappointed at the lack of fresh supportive measures from top consumer China's key political meeting.

The Australian dollar held steady on Tuesday as investors chewed over an upbeat report on trade that indicated that local GDP data later this week was less likely to show an economic contraction.

As China's parliament meeting kicks off, Premier Li Qiang's official work report has revealed the 2024 GDP target and highlighted a host of planned reforms to rejuvenate the economy. Beijing's approach still appears too cautious to boost investor sentiment however.

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China has set an economic growth target for 2024 of around 5%, similar to last year's goal and in line with analysts' expectations, according to an official work report seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) will leave its overnight policy rate (OPR) unchanged at 3.00% on March 7 and hold it there until at least 2026 as inflation was expected to pick up, a Reuters poll found.

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has moved lower in back-to-back sessions, slipping almost 20 points or 0.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now sits just above the 3,120-point plateau and it may take further damage on Tuesday.

British consumer spending slid in February as bad weather kept shoppers at home, according to a survey on Tuesday that showed households remained cautious to spend in the face of high borrowing costs and inflation.

Britain's government needs to do a better job of monitoring risks posed by its sales of bonds which have surged after a string of shocks to the economy, a parliamentary committee said on Tuesday.

A pundit at a prominent bank got notably less bullish on Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) stock as the trading week kicked off, and the company's stock subsequently fell to close Monday 5.5% lower. While the day wasn't a particularly memorable one for stocks generally, Snowflake's decline

A Christian business group and its members do not have to offer health insurance coverage to employees for gender transition treatments, a North Dakota federal judge ruled Monday.

Core consumer prices in Japan's capital rose 2.5% in February from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, re-accelerating from the previous month in a sign conditions for ending negative interest rates were gradually falling into place.

(RTTNews) - The Malaysia stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last seven trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had slipped more than 10 points or 0.6 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath th

Healius' shares jumped more than 11% on Tuesday after the healthcare firm said it would start a review and engage investment advisers after Australia's competition regulator killed the $1 billion takeover by rival Australian Clinical Labs last year.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent a bill to congress on Monday to regulate labor rights of workers from ride-hailing apps in the country, which includes the need to pay a minimum wage.

What looked from a distance like an unscalable debt 'maturity wall' for 'junk'-rated U.S. companies next year might be easier to jump after all.

A group representing Indian startups has asked the country's antitrust watchdog to order Alphabet Inc's Google to reinstate apps it removed for policy violations, a letter seen by Reuters shows, escalating a showdown with the U.S. giant in a key market.

A U.S. appeals court on Monday held that a Florida law championed by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis that banned mandatory workplace diversity training that promotes progressive concepts violates employers' constitutional free speech rights.

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