U.S. stocks continued to rally on Friday, with the S&P 500 closing above the 1,600 milestone level and the Dow hitting 15,000 points for the first time in history.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange ended higher on Thursday to recoup much of the previous session's losses, after the European Central Bank announced rate cuts and the U.S. Federal Reserve made no changes to its asset purchase program.
U.S. stocks surged on Thursday, propelling the S&P 500 to new record highs, as the country's weekly jobless claims fell to a five-year low and the European Central Bank cut interest rates to a record low.
China's Purchasing Managers' Index for the manufacturing sector fell to 50.6 percent in April from 50.9 percent in March, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said on Wednesday.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with the S&P 500 closing at a record high and the Nasdaq Composite Index ending at a high not seen since November 2000, boosted by upbeat housing data and tech shares.
An annual survey conducted by the University of Hong Kong shows its undergraduates employment rate reached 99.7 percent in 2012.
China's largest oil refiner Sinopec saw net profits return to strong growth in the first quarter of 2013, while the country's top oil and gas producer PetroChina reported a decline in profits, company statements showed Thursday.
China's top economic planner announced Wednesday it will lower fuel prices due to declines in global oil prices, a move that will help control inflation levels in the world's second-largest economy.
A Chinese official said that statistics show that China's consumption are taking center stage. With gradual structural transformation, coupling the cultural-driven high saving rate, he shrugged off worries that China will cease to growth.
A strong quake has again brought huge losses to southeast China's Sichuan Province, but the disaster is unlikely to undermine the economy in any great deal due to its scale, analysts said.
U.S. house prices rose 7.1 percent in the year through February, said the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) on Tuesday, indicating an increasingly confirmed recovery as many other housing indicators also suggest that the rebound in homebuilding activity is on firm footing.
China's external financial assets expanded 9 percent to reach 5.17 trillion U.S. dollars by the end of 2012, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange said Monday.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Saturday wrapped up its spring meetings with calls for a mix of policies to boost growth and employment worldwide.
New home prices rose in almost all major Chinese cities in March, as transactions soared ahead of renewed government control measures, according to data issued by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Thursday.
U.S. stocks continued to retreat Thursday after Wednesday's slump, as weaker-than-expected economic data, soft health care and tech shares weighed on the market.
Forty percent of Australian adults (or 4.5 million) drink to get drunk and an overwhelming majority of Australians believe more must be done to address alcohol-related harms, a latest survey showed on Thursday.
The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday called on different countries to take appropriate reform measures to tackle their specific economic challenges against the backdrop of a three-speed recovery.
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