Roundup: HK stocks end 0.54 % lower

Hong Kong stocks fell 126.66 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 23,366.37 on Tuesday.

Hong Kong stocks fell 126.66 points, or 0.54 percent, to close at 23,366.37 on Tuesday.

Singapore stocks finished lower on Tuesday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 10. 33 points, or 0.30 percent, to close at 3,443.90.

The gold price in Hong Kong moved up 320 HK dollars to close at 12,930 HK dollars per tael on Tuesday, according to the Chinese Gold and Silver Exchange Society.

Singapore stocks finished higher on Monday, with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) up 4.93 points, or 0.14 percent, to close at 3,454.23.

Chicago agricultural commodity futures were traded mixed Friday, with corn and soybeans prices up while the wheat price down on weather concerns.

Oil prices extended rally Friday on upbeat US economic data as well as positive performance in US commodity markets.

New Zealand trade minister Tim Groser will travel to Washington on Saturday to help forge links for exporters and discuss with US officials progress on the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement.

The Bolivian government said Thursday the country’s extreme poverty rate has fallen to 20 percent of the total population, as more people continued to benefit from an extended pension program.

Increases to the New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) budget and cost savings are helping to improve military capability across all three services, Defense Minister Jonathan Coleman said Friday.

Singapore stocks finished almost flat on Friday with the benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) down 2.98 points, or 0.09 percent, to close at 3,449.30.
