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* Aussie benchmark closes flat on last trading session of 2018

Hong Kong shares climbed over 1 percent on Monday, closing an otherwise bearish 2018 on a firm note, on the back of optimism about Sino-U.S. trade relations, and gains in technology stocks. ** The Hang Seng index rose 1.3 percent to 25,845.70, while the Hang Seng China Enterprises index gained...

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Singaporean and Malaysian stocks rose on Monday in thin year-end trading as a phone call between U.S. and Chinese leaders spurred hopes that the two economic heavyweights would reach a deal that could ease their damaging trade standoff. While other markets in the region were shut,...

South Korea's central bank chief said in a New Year's message on Monday that policy should remain accommodative next year as demand-side inflation pressures were expected to remain low.

Growth in China's services industry picked up in December after a two-month slowdown, an official survey showed, offering some respite for the slowing economy though the outlook remains gloomy as domestic and external risks to growth rise.

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* Index set for over 6 pct loss in 2018, biggest annual drop since 2011

UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond has been accused by his colleagues in the cabinet of failing to release the necessary funding required to prepare Britain for a no-deal Brexit, the Telegraph newspaper reported http://bit.ly/2QUSA4t late on Sunday.

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Britain's markets watchdog said on Sunday that it plans to overhaul its treatment of whistleblowers to make it easier for people to come forward.