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Hong Kong Mulls Lowering Threshold to Buy Most Expensive Stocks

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s stock exchange is discussing options to lower the threshold for investors to buy some of the city’s most expensive stocks to stoke trading, according to people familiar with the matter.Most Read from BloombergTrump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing GroupsNYC Congestion Pricing Toll Gains Support Among City ResidentsElectric Construction Equipment Promises a Quiet RevolutionOpen Philanthropy Launches $120 Million Fund To Support YIMBY ReformsProspect Medical’s Pennsylva

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US dollar rises as markets consolidate positions; outlook remains downbeat

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The U.S. dollar rose against most major currencies including the Swiss franc and the euro on Thursday, as investors consolidated positions after selling the greenback for most of this week, but the outlook remained weak amid concerns about slowing growth arising from the Trump administration's trade policies. U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose a 200% tariff on wine, cognac and other alcohol imports from Europe, opening a new front in a global trade war that has roiled financial markets and raised recession fears. Labor Department data on Thursday showed that U.S. producer prices were unexpectedly unchanged on a monthly basis in February, but the prospects of tariffs are unlikely to keep prices down in the coming months.

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After-Hours Trading of US Stocks Has Picked Up Steam in Asia

(Bloomberg) -- Investors in Asia ramped up their trading of US stocks outside of normal market hours last year, according to data from a popular platform, a sign of the increasing shift to all-hours equities trading.Most Read from BloombergTrump DEI Purge Hits Affordable Housing GroupsNYC Congestion Pricing Toll Gains Support Among City ResidentsElectric Construction Equipment Promises a Quiet RevolutionOpen Philanthropy Launches $120 Million Fund To Support YIMBY ReformsProspect Medical’s Penns

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