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NEW YORK, April 18- Prices for U.S. The Labor Department reported a small rise in new U.S. jobless claims while the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia said its factory index slipped to 1.3 in April from 2.0 in March.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.3 pct, Nikkei eases 0.4 pct. *Japan weekly data shows record foreign buying of Japan stocks. The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.3 percent, with its materials sector taking the hardest hit with a 1.7 percent drop as precious and base metals prices slid.
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TOKYO, April 18- Japanese government bond prices mostly rose on Thursday, getting a lift from a downturn in investors' appetite for risk but kept in check by wariness about this session's sale of 1.2 trillion yen worth of 20- year debt.
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NEW YORK, April 17- Prices for U.S. Treasuries buying was sparked first by comments by European Central Bank Governing Council member Jens Weidmann in an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
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NEW YORK, April 17- Prices for U.S. As soon as the buying direction came from the Weidmann comments this morning, that set things in motion, "said Jim Vogel, head of interest rate strategy at FTN Financial in Memphis, Tennessee."
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LONDON, April 17- A forecast surge of Japanese cash into euro zone government bonds may be months away but will drive down already depressed borrowing costs across the bloc, say asset managers positioning for its arrival.
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NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. Whether against stocks or commodities, the demand for Treasuries remains firm, "said Ian Lyngen, a senior government bond strategist at CRT Capital Group in Stamford, Connecticut.
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*Bank of America falls after earnings. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 will retreat from its second-best daily performance of the year as commodities fell and after earnings reports from Yahoo and Intel.
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*Bank of America falls after earnings. NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday, indicating the S&P 500 will retreat from its second-best daily performance of the year as commodities fell and after earnings reports from Yahoo and Intel.
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LONDON, April 17- U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures 0.3 percent lower and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0.6 percent at 0841 GMT.
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*MOF to auction 1.2 bln yen of 20- year bonds on Thurs. TOKYO, April 17- Long-dated Japanese government bond prices eased on Wednesday ahead of an auction of 1.2 trillion yen worth of 20- year debt on the following day, with the 30- year yield hitting a nearly four-week high.
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Italy has raised its debt issuance target for this year by nearly 10 percent and is hoping to tap demand from Asian investors to meet the goal, its head of debt management told Reuters on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, April 17- U.S. Major stock indexes were down 1 to 2 percent while Brent crude oil fell below $99 per barrel on the rationale that slower economic growth would lessen demand for oil. "
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TOKYO, April 17- Japanese government bond prices were mostly down on Wednesday morning, with longer maturities underperforming ahead of an auction of 1.2 trillion yen worth of 20- year debt on the following day.
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Muthukrishnan Ramaswami, President of the Singapore Exchange says securities and derivatives trading lifted Q3 earnings and he sees room for improvement in the bourse's primary activity. He sounds a cautious note on guidance.
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*Profit $2.19 bln vs $2.07 bln a year earlier. *Per-share profit $4.29 vs Street view $3.88. April 16- Goldman Sachs Group Inc said revenue from trading bonds with clients fell 7 percent in the first quarter, raising questions about the health of the bank's biggest money maker and the prospects for fixed-income trading profits on Wall Street.
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*Gold recovers partially after 8 percent plunge on Monday. NEW YORK, April 16- U.S. We're just seeing the unwind of that today, "said Kim Rupert, managing director of global fixed income analysis at Action Economics LLC in San Francisco."
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*Gold recovers partially after 8 percent plunge on Monday. NEW YORK, April 16- U.S. We're just seeing the unwind of that today, "said Kim Rupert, managing director of global fixed income analysis at Action Economics LLC in San Francisco."
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NEW YORK, April 16- BlackRock Inc's first-quarter net income rose 10.5 percent as investors, growing more confident in the economy, gravitated toward stock funds, the world's largest money manager said on Tuesday.
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LONDON, April 16- The meteoric rise of exchange-traded gold products over the past decade has now exposed thousands of small investors to losses after years of gains in an asset previously the preserve of eccentrics, collectors and central banks.