Chinese stocks fell again Tuesday as worries about the slumping market hurt finance stocks and airlines fell on concern a government decision to boost a ticket surcharge will fail to cover higher fuel costs.

July 23 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks climbed for a second day, led by banks and consumer companies, after lawmakers agreed on a plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and oil extended a weeklong retreat.

THE share market closed higher underpinned by strong gains in the financial sector as investors mulled the prospect of higher interest rates after inflation rose strongly in the first quarter.

A computerised display of the FTSE 100 index in London. Global share prices crumbled Friday and investor anxiety mounted as political wrangling blocked a deal to save the US finance sector, a big US bank collapsed and a European institution showed signs o

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- South Korean stocks fell, dragging the Kospi Index to a three-year low, on growing concern the country's banks will struggle to refinance debt.