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SINGAPORE : Singapore shares ended 1.07 per cent higher on Monday, mirroring gains in other Asian bourses, following the better-than-expected US jobs numbers which suggested that the American economy was not as weak as feared.

SINGAPORE : The chairman of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), JY Pillay, will step down at the end of the year. His position will be taken over by Mr Chew Choon Seng.

BEIJING: President Hu Jintao hailed the southern export hub of Shenzhen as a "miracle" on Monday as China marked 30 years of reforms in the city that provided the blueprint for the country's economic rebirth.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's top investment bank Macquarie Group Ltd warned investors it would miss profit forecasts after weak markets took a toll on its trading and advisory business, sending its shares to a 15-month low.

LONDON (Reuters) - Encouraging news about the U.S. employment picture continued to spill over onto financial markets on Monday, lifting world stocks on hopes that a slip back into recession could be avoided.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Top executives from some of the world's leading banks are due to gather for a conference in Frankfurt later this week as lenders seek to avoid what they see as overly harsh regulation following the global financial crisis.

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Aftershocks rocked New Zealand's second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency after the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical storm Hermine has formed in the Gulf of Mexico and warnings have been issued from Tampico, Mexico to the mouth of the Rio Grande River and Baffin Bay, Texas, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said on Monday.

LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants.