Social News XYZ     

January 2017






Chinese shares open lower

Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Thursday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.03 per cent to open at 3,157.91 points. The smaller Shenzhen Component index opened 0.02 per cent lower…




Chinese yuan strengthens

Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 219 basis points to 6.9307 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade…


New UN chief speaks to Trump

United Nations, Jan 5 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on phone with US President-elect Donald Trump, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said. Haq said “this was an introductory phone call during which they had…