Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Hong Kong Plows $1.2 Billion Into Defending Currency to Little Effect — The city’s dollar traded near HK$7.85 per greenback at 12:23 p.m. local time, the level that can spur buying by the de facto central bank. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has spent HK$9.7 billion ($1.2 billion) mopping up local dollars since the weak end of the band was reached on Thursday for the first time since 2005. The pace of intervention shows outflows are bigger than people had thought, according to China Everbright Bank Co.                                    

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ICICI Bank Block Deal Alert

ICICI Bank Block Deal –  ICICI Bank has 12 lakh shares change hands in a block deal  Buyers and sellers were not immediately known.

Gruh Finance Gains After Announces Bonus Shares

Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Gruh Finance Gains After Announces Bonus Shares – Shares of the lender rose as much as 6.5 percent after its fourth quarter net income beat analyst forecast. The company announced the issue of one bonus share for each held. The stock was the second-best performer on the S&P BSE 500 Index. Trading volume was 1.4 times its 3-month full-day average.                            

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Wall Street Economists See Global Growth Cresting Not Collapsing

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Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – Wall Street Economists See Global Growth Cresting Not Collapsing – Despite the soft start to the year and ongoing trade tensions, economists on Wall Street and beyond are sticking to forecasts for another solid economic expansion in 2018 while acknowledging the risks of slippage have mounted.                     

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