New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
Other Tuesday Developments
March 17, 2009
From Monday closings, the dollar at 19:15 GMT showed narrowly mixed changes, off 0.3% against the euro and up by the same amount versys the yen, compared to Friday closings. The DOW and Nikkei gained 1.6% and 3.2%. European bourses lost ground. So did stocks in Thailand, Indonesia, and India. But such rose in China, […] More
New Overnight Developments Abroad - Daily Update
New Overnight Developments Abroad – Abbreviated
March 17, 2009
Japan’s Tertiary Index, which gauges activity in service sectors, rose 0.4% in January. A drop of that amount had been anticipated. Despite the unexpected increase, the index was still 1.0% below the 4Q level. Last quarter, the index fell 6.8% at a seasonally adjusted rate and by 2.7% from 4Q07. Minutes from the Reserve Bank […] More
