Hong Kong shares rose 0.31 percent on Friday, a sixth straight gain, on hopes Beijing will soon introduce new monetary easing policies after the Lunar New Year holiday.
Asian markets were mixed on Friday as tentative hopes that Greece will agree a deal with creditors on writing down debt were capped by underwhelming US economic figures.
THE WEEK EXPLAINED YIELDSIn a week when the money markets have yet again shown that decent investment yields are hard to find, we see that bank deposit rates remain truly miserable, yields on better quality bonds are falling ...
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