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Stocks advance as trade hopes grow; dollar steady

Bloomberg Stocks extended gains around the globe on Wednesday after President Donald Trump signaled a more conciliatory stance towards China, fueling hopes of a breakthrough in the trade war when talks get underway later in the week. The dollar edged higher along with Treasuries. Futures on the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow Jones climbed as investors awaited earnings reports from ...

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China’s high-stakes bid to boost stocks risks stoking bubble

Bloomberg Beijing is walking a tightrope between reviving its downbeat equity market and engineering another bubble. China’s securities regulator has started to remove many of the curbs designed to keep out speculators, signaling an end to the highly restrictive era that started when a boom in the country’s stocks turned to bust in 2015. The result has been an intensifying ...

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Sharjah realty deals hit $6.13bn in 2018

SHARJAH / WAM The real estate sector in the Emirate of Sharjah has seen a big boom with 54,125 transactions valued at AED22.5 billion ($6.13 billion) in 2018, as per the annual realty transactions report revealed by the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Directorate. The real estate deals sealed last year covered over 52 million square feet, while the mortgages transactions ...

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