* HSI -0.6 pct, H-shares -0.3 pct * HSBC's Hong Kong shares fall 4 pct, at lowest since Sept 2012 * Casino stocks under pressure on profit-taking * Hutchison, Cheung Kong, SHKP to report earnings this week HONG KONG, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks fell on Tuesday, wit
Read moreFeb 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating at least 10 major banks for a possible rigging of precious-metals markets, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people close to the inquiries. Justice Department prosecutors
Read moreBy Steve Slater LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - HSBC has given its four problem businesses in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey and the United States as little as one year to prove their worth before "more extreme" turnaround solutions are proposed, its CEO said on Monday. Chief Executive Stuart Gull
Read moreLONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - HSBC's exposure to Greece totalled some $6 billion at the end of 2014, the British bank said on Monday, making it one of the most exposed foreign banks to the debt-laden nation, despite cutting loans there last year. Most foreign banks have massively cut their exp
Read moreA plunge in the share price of HSBC, falling commodity stocks and a lack of news regarding Greece ensured that UK equity markets remained in the red on Monday, with investors cautious with shares near all-time highs. HSBC dropped nearly 5% after the global lender missed forecasts with a sharp drop i
Read moreEuropean markets breathed a sign of relief on Monday as concerns over Greece eased, though UK stocks didn't join in with the rally after HSBC disappointed with results and commodity stocks weakened. HSBC had fallen nearly 6% after the global lender missed forecasts with a sharp drop in profits for 2
Read more(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s; for the Morning News Call newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/nex49s) U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday, with both the Do
Read moreHSBC was among the fallers after reporting a 17% drop in pre-tax annual profit to $18.68bn, as the lender was hit by fines for its involvement in the foreign exchange rigging scandal. Chief executive Stuart Gulliver said 2014 was a "challenging year in which we continued to work hard to improve busi
Read moreA 5% drop in the share price of HSBC pushed the banking sector firmly into the red on Monday even though shares of other lenders were making gains. Lloyds and RBS were still in positive territory in afternoon trade and Barclays was more or less flat, but given HSBC's size the whole sector was regis
Read more* CFTC, Dept of Justice request documents on precious metals ops * HSBC, other banks named in precious metals lawsuits last year (Adds background, detail) By Jan Harvey LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a subpoena to HSBC Bank USA in Ja
Read more(For faster updates on individual market-movers, Eikon users please use search string "STXBZ US"; for the Day Ahead newsletter, http://link.reuters.com/mex49s) U.S. stock index futures dipped on Monday, after the Dow and S&P closed at records on the heels of an agreement by euro zone financ
Read moreLONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued a subpoena to HSBC Bank USA in January seeking the production of documents related to the bank's precious metals trading operations, HSBC said in its annual report and accounts statement on Monday. "HSBC is cooperati
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