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Shares drift ahead of Nvidia earnings; oil wobbles

Shares drift ahead of Nvidia earnings; oil wobbles

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Asia shares were rangebound on Tuesday while oil prices held to losses, after threats from the U.S. for an "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran turned out to be a damp squib. U.S.
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Asia shares fall on tech nerves; oil prices slip

Asia shares fall on tech nerves; oil prices slip

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Asia shares slipped on Tuesday while oil prices extended losses, after threats from the U.S. for an "economic D-Day" of sanctions on Iran turned out to be a damp squib. U.S.
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Falling oil prices help calm the stock and bond markets

Falling oil prices help calm the stock and bond markets

Oil prices are falling again, which is helping to ease worries in the bond market and support stock prices
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Shares dip on pressure from technology; yields and oil fall

Shares dip on pressure from technology; yields and oil fall

By Sinéad Carew and Iain Withers NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - MSCI's global equities gauge was lower on Monday as weakness in technology stocks offset support from a dip in U.S. Treasury yields and falling oil prices.
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Dollar moves in a narrow range ahead of inflation data, Jackson Hole

Dollar moves in a narrow range ahead of inflation data, Jackson Hole

By Gregor Stuart Hunter SINGAPORE, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The dollar was rangebound in early Asian trading on Wednesday as an uneasy calm hung over currency markets, with investors awaiting inflation reports from major economies including the U.S. ahead of the Jackson Hole symposium this weekend. 
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Dollar trading near multi-month lows, restrained by debt nerves

Dollar trading near multi-month lows, restrained by debt nerves

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE, Aug 24 (Reuters) - A wavering dollar teetered near multi-month lows on Monday in a market unsettled by the U.S. Treasury's promise to buy back more long bonds, while traders awaited details of sanctions on Iran and on policy speeches this week in the U.S. and Japan.
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Investors shrug off US sanctions plan for Iran, bitcoin powers on

Investors shrug off US sanctions plan for Iran, bitcoin powers on

By Marc Jones and Rae Wee LONDON/SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Global share and bond markets regained a sense of calm on Tuesday as investors shrugged off U.S. plans to expand sanctions against Iran and began limbering up for Wednesday’s results from the world’s most valuable company, Nvidia. U.S.
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Equities rise with tech boost and yields fall with oil prices

Equities rise with tech boost and yields fall with oil prices

By Sinéad Carew and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - MSCI's global equities gauge rose on Tuesday as investors awaited economic data and Nvidia's financial results, while bond yields declined and oil prices fell following a U.S. threat to expand sanctions against Iran.
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Tech drags S&P 500, Nasdaq lower as more Iran sanctions, Nvidia earnings loom

Tech drags S&P 500, Nasdaq lower as more Iran sanctions, Nvidia earnings loom

By Purvi Agarwal, Niket Nishant and Saeed Azhar Aug 24 (Reuters) - Technology stocks pulled the S&P 500 and Nasdaq lower on Monday as investors weighed fresh U.S. economic pressure against Iran and braced for a week that includes Nvidia earnings and a closely watched inflation report.
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Dollar struggles for traction as markets weigh Iran sanctions, Treasury buybacks

Dollar struggles for traction as markets weigh Iran sanctions, Treasury buybacks

By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar struggled to hold onto gains against major peers on Tuesday, as investors parsed Washington's expanded Iran-related sanctions and renewed efforts to ease pressure on longer-dated Treasury yields.
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Shares dip with pressure from technology, yields and oil fall

Shares dip with pressure from technology, yields and oil fall

By Sinéad Carew and Iain Withers NEW YORK/LONDON, Aug 24 (Reuters) - MSCI's global equities gauge lost ground on Monday as weakness in technology stocks offset support from a dip in U.S. Treasury yields and falling oil prices. Oil prices fell more than $2 per barrel as traders shrugged off U.S.
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Shares flat in Asia before Iran sanctions news, Nvidia results

Shares flat in Asia before Iran sanctions news, Nvidia results

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Share markets were flat in Asia on Monday and oil prices eased as investors awaited details of threatened U.S. sanctions on Iran due later in the session, while the Canadian dollar dipped as a trade war loomed with its southern neighbour.