Malaysia's domestic Producer Price Index (PPI) for April 2016 decreased 2.8% to 100.2, the Statistics Department said Tuesday.
In a statement, the department said the highest drop was recorded by the mining index (-29.6 %), followed by electricity and gas (-3.8%) and manufacturing (-1.3%). Meanwhile, the index for agriculture, forestry and fishing as well as water supply showed anRead more
Japan's current account surplus hit 17.98 trillion yen (165.90 billion U.S. dollars) in fiscal 2015, doubling that of a year earlier, aided by a drop in prices for crude oil and a hike in the number of tourists visiting Japan, the Finance Ministry has said.
According to the ministry's preliminary report, a drop in global oil prices helped seeRead more
Japan's consumer prices fell for the first time in five months in March, underlining the Bank of Japan's struggle to spark sustained price increases and likely adding to expectations that the central bank could take further easing action later in the day.
Core consumer prices, which exclude volatile prices of fresh food, fell 0.3% in March from a yearRead more
The Egyptian Exchange (EGX) indices shut on Sunday's session collectively down amid profit-taking operations, after increases registered by shares last week.
The market capital lost about 1.8 billion pounds, amid transactions which hit 980 million pounds.
The main benchmark EGX 30 index went down by 0.9 percent reaching 7,480.11 points.
The broader EGX 70 index of the leading small andRead more