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Derivatives trading boom in India

MUMBAI: Half a dozen global trading giants, from Citadel Securities and IMC Trading to Millennium and Optiver are ratcheting up their presence in India’s booming derivatives markets – fuelling a hiring spree and pushing exchanges to improve technology. The firms’ hiring plans, being reported for the first time, come amid expectations that large domestic consumer…

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Wide shot of HMS Spey, a large grey vessel, in the sea.

China criticises UK warship’s patrol in Taiwan Strait

China criticises UK warship’s patrol in Taiwan Strait HMS Spey is one of two British warships permanently on patrol in the Indo-Pacific China’s military has called a British warship’s recent passage through the Taiwan Strait a disruptive act of “intentional provocation” that “undermines peace and stability”. The British Royal Navy says HMS Spey’s patrol on…

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Japan May inflation at two-year high

TOKYO: Japan’s core inflation hit a more than two-year high in May and exceeded the central bank’s 2% target for well over three years, keeping it under pressure to resume interest rate hikes despite economic headwinds from US tariffs. The data underscores the challenge the Bank of Japan (BOJ) faces in juggling pressure from sticky…

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