Asian stock markets staged a comeback on Monday after Friday' steep losses, as worries about the potential negative impact of a Dubai debt default began to fade.
Dubai debt default concerns rippled through world markets Friday but the exodus from equities and rush to the dollar slowed as investors discounted any broad crisis.
Shares of U.S. casino companies fell on Friday amid concerns that a possible debt default at Dubai state-owned conglomerate Dubai World could derail a budding economic recovery that has seen investments by casinos in Las Vegas and emerging markets.
Friday, 27 Nov 2009 | Posted By:
Jeff Cox | Source: CNBC.com
"I would tell investors to sit tight and watch this play out," David Kotok of Cumberland Advisors told CNBC. "We raised a little cash before the holidays. Hopefully we'll get to employ it in the dip."
Dubai's debt woes may serve as a catalyst for a correction in stock markets but it does not signal a new crisis, investment manager Mohammed El-Erian told CNBC.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open for a holiday-shortened session Friday, mirroring losses in European and Asian markets after Dubai announced the first step of restructuring some of its debt.
Global stocks sold off sharply on Friday, with Asia's Kospi and Hang Seng indexes down over 4 percent, as concerns about contagion from Dubai's debt crisis curb investors' appetite for riskier assets.
Friday, 27 Nov 2009 | Source: The Associated Press
When Lori Fowlkes first saw robotic Zhu Zhu Pets toy hamsters in September, she remembers her kids started jumping up and down and saying "Please! Please! Can we buy them?" Seeing a fully stocked shelf, she decided to hold off until Christmas.
Americans headed to stores in droves to kick off the holiday shopping season Friday, though many said they were being more selective about what they buy and paring back what they spend.
Rising bank stocks led a broad rebound in European shares on Friday from the steep fall in the previous session triggered by concerns over Dubai's debt.
ING priced a rights issue intended to raise 7.5 billion euros ($11.2 billion) at 4.24 euros per share, luring shareholders with a hefty discount of close to 40 percent as it looks to pay back state aid.
Oil prices dropped more than 2 percent on Friday as fears of possible defaults in Dubai convulsed financial markets and boosted safe-haven demand for the U.S. dollar.
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