* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 5.2%, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 0.5% * HSI +1.4%, HSCE +1.3%, CSI300 +0.8% * FTSE China A50 +0.5% Hong Kong shares ended higher on Wednesday, led by material and tech stocks, following overnight Wall Street gains after data showed U.S. inflation was not rising wildly as the economy reopens.
* J&J shares hit one-month low. * Tech firms boost indexes. * Big bank earnings to kick off from Wednesday. * Crypto-stocks jump ahead of Coinbase IPO. By David French. April 13 - The S&P 500 closed at another record high on Tuesday and the Nasdaq composite index jumped, as investors shook off concerns about the halt in Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and strong U.S. inflation.
Canada's airline sector is crucial and the government is looking at helping other carriers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, a day after Ottawa unveiled a C$5.9 billion aid package for Air Canada.
* J&J shares hit one-month low. * Rival vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna (MRNA) jump. * Big bank earnings to kick off from Wednesday. * Crypto-stocks jump ahead of Coinbase IPO. * Indexes: Dow off 0.33%, S&P up 0.09%, Nasdaq up 0.58% By Medha Singh and Shivani Kumaresan.
-The S&P 500 closed at another record high on Tuesday and the Nasdaq composite index jumped, as investors shook off concerns about the halt in Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and strong U.S. inflation.
Retail sales volumes excluding cars and building materials in Brazil rose 0.6% in February from January, government statistics agency IBGE said on Tuesday, exactly as a Reuters poll of economists had forecast. Sales fell 3.8% from the same period a year earlier, compared to expectations for a 3.9% decline in the Reuters poll.
- The S&P 500 closed at another record high on Tuesday and the Nasdaq composite index jumped, as investors shook off concerns about the halt in Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine rollout and strong U.S. inflation.
* Mining, energy stocks weigh on ASX200. * Technology stocks outperform benchmark. * NZX50 index gains 1.1% By Riya Sharma. Australian shares surrendered early gains in a choppy session to end flat on Tuesday as investors awaited inflation data from the United States before making further bets, with energy and mining firms cancelling out gains in tech stocks.
U.S. President Joe Biden met with executives from major companies on Monday to discuss the global chip shortage that has hit automakers and spurred Intel Corp (INTC) to announce it plans to make chips for car plants at its factories in the next six to nine months. During the meeting, Biden said he had bipartisan support for legislation to fund the semiconductor industry.
U.S. President Joe Biden met with executives from major companies on Monday to discuss the global chip shortage that has hit automakers and spurred Intel Corp to announce it plans to make chips for car plants at its factories in the next six to nine months. During the meeting, Biden said he had bipartisan support for legislation to fund the semiconductor industry.
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