HONG KONG, Sep 19, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The sentiment among Hong Kong exporters continues to improve. The HKTDC Export Index increased a further 1.9 points to 32.8 in the third quarter of 2022, indicating a sustained improvement in confidence in the short-term export performance. However, exporters are facing downward pressure on […]
THE benchmark index slipped to the 6,500 level on Thursday on profit taking and cautious trading ahead of central bank meetings next week and the rebalancing of Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) on Friday. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) inched down by 7.19 points or 0.1% to close at 6,575.67 on Thursday, while the […]
THE MAIN INDEX inched up on Thursday to end its three-day slide on bargain hunting and ahead of the release of local and US economic data. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) climbed by 4.63 points or 0.07% to close at 6,588.28 on Thursday. Meanwhile, the broader all shares index went down by 2.68 […]
HONG KONG, Aug 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – China Risun Group Limited (“China Risun”, or the “Group”, stock code: 1907), a leading global integrated coke, coking chemicals and refined chemicals producer and supplier and relevant operation management services provider in China, has announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 […]
The Philippines placed 146th out of 171 countries in the Global Food Security Index Q2 2022 developed by consultancy agency Deep Knowledge Analytics. The index was constructed from 40 food security indicators divided into three main dimensions: food accessibility; crisis level; and food system and economy resilience. With an overall food security index score of […]
METRO MANILA’S retail price of goods in April grew at its fastest pace in three and a half years, preliminary data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. Read the full story.
The Philippines slipped a spot to 63rd out of 148 countries in the 2021 edition of the M&A Attractiveness Index by Mergers and Acquisitions Research Center (MARC) at the Bayes Business School in London. The index ranks countries on their capacity to attract and sustain mergers and acquisitions activity based on six factor groups.* The […]
LONDON — The United Nations (UN) food agency’s world price index declined again in July, edging further away from record highs hit in March. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 140.9 points last month versus a revised 154.3 for June. The June figure […]
The Philippines’ overall external projection ranking improved by three spots to 41st out of 150 countries in 2021, according to the latest edition of Elcano Global Presence Index by Madrid-based think tank Elcano Royal Institute. Its overall index score, meanwhile, dropped by 3.59 points to 48.47. The index is an annual ranking of different countries’ […]
PHILIPPINE SHARES may move sideways this week ahead of the release of July inflation data and more second quarter corporate earnings reports. The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended its three-day rally on Friday, declining by 63.33 points or 0.99% to close at 6,315.93, while the broader all shares index went down by 26.14 […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jul 29, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mazda Motor Corporation has been included in the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, a major ESG investment index. This makes Mazda a constituent of all five ESG indices for Japanese stocks (listed below) that are adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund, one […]
The Philippine capital placed 93rd out of 100 in the Sustainable Cities Index (SCI) 2022 by the consultancy firm Arcadis. The SCI ranks global cities by assessing their environmental, social, and economic health. Manila placed last among the East and Southeast Asian cities included in the index.
TOKYO, Jul 26, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that it has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series for the 21st consecutive year since its initial inclusion in 2002. The FTSE4Good Index Series is a global index series for socially responsible investment. The FTSE4Good Index Series was developed […]
The Philippines ranked 40th out of 50 countries in The Economist’s June 22 update of the Global Normalcy Index, which tracked how behaviors changed due to the pandemic based on eight indicators, divided into three domains: transport and travel; recreation and entertainment; and retailing and work. The Philippines got an overall index score of 81.3, […]
TOKYO, Jul 19, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has been added for five consecutive years to the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN) in recognition of the company’s initiatives in promoting women’s participation. WIN was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) for environmental, society and governance (ESG) investing. WIN […]
The Philippines went up two places to rank 42nd out of 94 countries in the 12th edition of the Global Real Estate Transparency Index (GRETI) by real estate consultancy firm Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) and LaSalle Investment Management. The biennial index generates the composite score by 1 to 5, where 1 means a market has […]
In the 2022 edition of the Fragile States Index by Fund for Peace, an American nonprofit institution, the Philippines improved by a notch to place 50th out of 179 countries. The index measured a state’s vulnerability to conflict or collapse that may manifest in various ways such as loss of physical control of territory; erosion […]
Dubai, UAE, July 16, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – JPEX, a licensed and recognized digital assets platform designed to facilitate seamless crypto transactions, has launched the MoonBirds NFT index in the RedHare NFT index contract. With most traders uncertain about the future of NFTs, no thanks to the highly volatile nature of the market, JPEX’s recently released index contract will […]
TOKYO, Jul 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an ESG Rating of “AA” from MSCI(Note) for the first time. The new 2022 rating represents an upgrade from the Company’s previous “A” rating, and it demonstrates the high assessment MSCI accords to MHI’s ESG initiatives. MSCI’s ESG […]
ROME — World food prices fell for a third consecutive month in June, but remained close to record high levels set in March, the United Nations’ food agency said on Friday. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) food price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 154.2 points last month versus a […]