China Reopens After Week-Long Lunar New Year Celebration but Global Market Depth Still Not Back to Full Strength

The Shanghai Composite equity index rose 1.6% on its first post-holiday session, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed down 1.1% and Taiwan only edged 0.2% higher. In other Pacific Rim markets, share prices remained unchanged in Japan, fell 0.6% in New Zealand, and rose 0.4% in India, 0.2% in Taiwan and 0.1% in Singapore. European […]

The Shanghai Composite equity index rose 1.6% on its first post-holiday session, but Hong Kong’s Hang Seng closed down 1.1% and Taiwan only edged 0.2% higher. In other Pacific Rim markets, share prices remained unchanged in Japan, fell 0.6% in New Zealand, and rose 0.4% in India, 0.2% in Taiwan and 0.1% in Singapore. European […]