MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble held steady near 100 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after strengthening in five consecutive sessions as the market adjusted to new U.S. financial sanctions imposed in November. The rouble traded at 99.70 against the dollar by 0900 GMT, over-the-counter market data showed. The rouble strengthened 0.7% to 13.60 against China's yuan...

Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks recorded their highest foreign outflow in three months in the week through Dec. 21, driven by expectations of a cautious pace of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts next year. Foreign investors withdrew a net 1.02 trillion yen ($6.48 billion) from Japanese stocks last week, registering their largest weekly net sales since Sept. 21, data...

Tradeweb Markets's ( TW ) short percent of float has fallen 19.71% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 1.27 million shares sold short, which is 1.1% of all regular shares that are available for trading. Based on its trading volume, it would take traders 1.32 days to cover their short positions on average. Why Short...

TOKYO, Dec 26 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Thursday, tracking rises in U.S. Treasury yields, while market participants sold bonds to adjust their positions in year-end trade. The 10-year JGB yield rose 2 basis points (bps) to 1.085%. The two-year JGB yield rose 1.5 bps to 0.595% and the five-year yield rose 2.5 bps to 0.74%....