(Updates prices as of 0530 GMT) By Stella Qiu SYDNEY, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Asian shares retreated from a 32-month peak on Thursday as the sizzling rally in Hong Kong took a breather, while Japan's Nikkei jumped as the risk of further tightening in monetary policy this year faded. Sterling fell 0.7% to a two-week low of $1.3177 after Bank...

07:24 AM EDT, 09/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The benchmark US stock measures were pointing lower before Monday's opening bell as investors await Fed Chair Jerome Powell's speech for additional clues on monetary policy. Standard & Poor's 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1% each in premarket activity, while the Nasdaq was off 0.2%. The majority of Asian exchanges...

06:52 AM EDT, 09/30/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets were heavily mixed on Monday with China-exposed exchanges soaring on the outlook for Beijing economic stimulus and property-sector support, but Tokyo sliding on the appreciating Japanese yen and dimming prospects for exporters. Other regional exchanges were also uneven. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened sharply lower and could not recover,...

* Brazil's industrial output up 0.1% in August after July drop * Approval of Brazil's Lula slips ahead of local elections * Argentina budget cuts spark protests at universities * Polish cenbank leaves rates unchanged as inflation remains high By Ankika Biswas Oct 2 (Reuters) - Most Latin American currencies fell on Wednesday, as worsening Middle East tensions continued to...