According to stock experts, investors also concerned about the instability that may occur in the global market during the week-long holiday.
Many analysts expect further monetary easing, some moves on the currency front Last week's stock-market volatility, attendant automatic triggering of the new circuit breakers and their subsequent suspension are expected to result in fresh measures by the authorities concerned this week, analysts said.
Stock markets are bracing for another volatile week on worries over further devaluation of the yuan, a weakening economy and share sales of major shareholders after the end of a ban.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday exchanged views with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the Paris climate conference, the White House said Tuesday.
Adele beat all comers on the United States Billboard 200 album charts on Monday with a record-breaking debut for 25, leaving other top acts such as Justin Bieber and British boyband One Direction looking like also-rans.
All Greek banks will reopen on Monday July 20 after a three-week bank holiday, but capital controls will continue, according to an official statement released on Saturday.
U.S. fixed mortgage rates surged to a ten-month high as ten-year Treasury yields increased, said the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Investors at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) lost about 390 million U.S. dollars this week as the market recorded a major decline.
Six tourists from the Republic of Korea who were injured in a bus accident in Jilin Province, northwest China, were flown home Wednesday.
Berlin Fashion Week opens with new spring/summer lines
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment fell back below the key 300, 000 mark in the second week of February, showing a steadily improving job market, U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid fell to a six-week low and remained below 300,000 last week, U.S. Labor Department said Thursday.
"Interstellar" continued to lead China's box office by taking 144 million yuan (23.4 million U.S. dollars) in the week ending Nov. 30.
Wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 will be transported to the Netherlands this coming week and stored and investigated at the Gilze Rijen Air Base, the Dutch Safety Board stated on Monday.
U.S. fixed mortgage rates fell to a year low as 10-year bond yields declined, said the Primary Mortgage Market Survey released Thursday by Freddie Mac.
Crude prices rebounded Monday as traders started to buy after the prices have declined significantly in the past week.
U.S. stocks closed narrowly mixed after a fluctuating session Thursday amid renewed worries over geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.