Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower on Wednesday, with stocks in Hong Kong seeing a partial bounce back from a two-day rout.
The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong closed 1.54% higher at…
Hong Kong continued selling off on Tuesday, extending losses from Monday. The broader Asia-Pacific markets, meanwhile, were mixed.
The broader Hang Seng index in Hong Kong briefly fell more than 5% in Tuesday afternoon…
Asian markets dropped sharply by the close on Monday, wiping out the Hang Seng index’s gains for 2021 once again as Chinese tech and education stocks plunged under regulatory pressure.…
Global markets were mixed but mostly higher with most markets experiencing pullbacks, which have been infrequent and short-lived as strong economic growth, positive investor sentiment, and extreme amounts of Fed…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday as investors monitored Chinese tech stocks in Hong Kong after regulatory concerns resurfaced.
By the Friday market close in Hong Kong, shares of Chinese…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were higher on Thursday, with markets in Japan closed for a holiday.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was among the biggest gainers regionally, rising 1.83% to close at 27,723.84. Shares…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday trade, following an overnight bounce stateside that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 500 points.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose 0.58% to…
Shares in Asia-Pacific fell on Tuesday following an overnight tumble for stocks on Wall Street that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunge more than 700 points.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.96%…
Global Markets were mixed, majority of them loosing ground last week yet remain in a steady and mostly uninterrupted uptrend since the beginning of the year.
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday as the Bank of Japan held steady on monetary policy.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 0.98% to close at 28,003.08 while the Topix index slipped…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Thursday as China reported its second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) rose.
Mainland Chinese stocks closed higher. The Shanghai Composite rose 1.02% to 3,564.59 while the Shenzhen component advanced 0.751%…
Shares in Asia-Pacific mostly slipped on Wednesday following a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation report released overnight.
The Shanghai Composite in mainland China fell 1.07% to close at 3,528.50 while the Shenzhen component fell 0.875% to end…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were higher on Tuesday as investors reacted to China’s trade data for June.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led gains regionally as it jumped 1.63% to close at 27,963.41.
Hang Seng…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific rose on Monday, with shares in Japan and China leading gains regionally.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 surged 2.25% to close at 28,659.02 while the Topix index jumped 2.14% to end the…
Global markets had to offer a bit of everything for investors, from labor market readings to Federal Reserve minutes to rising uncertainties around COVID variants and their implications for global…
Shares in Asia-Pacific fell on Friday as Covid worries resurfaced in the region.
South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.07%% to close at 3,217.95. South Korea announced Friday that the greater Seoul area will be…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday following losses on Wall Street with the S&P 500 ending its seven-day winning streak.
Chinese electric carmaker Xpeng made its debut in Hong Kong on…
Shares in major Asia-Pacific markets struggled for direction on Tuesday as investors reacted to the Australian central bank’s interest rate decision.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.16% to close at…
Shares in Europe were down slightly, a surprise on global markets but backed on worries that inflationary pressures, seen across major markets globally might bring forward interest rate increases.
Asia-Pacific stocks were mixed on Friday as investors looked ahead to a closely-watched U.S. jobs report set to be released later.
Mainland Chinese stocks were among the biggest losers regionally as…
Shares in Asia-Pacific slipped on Thursday as investors reacted to the release of Chinese economic data.
Mainland Chinese stocks closed lower as the Shanghai composite declined fractionally to 3,588.78 and the Shenzhen component slipped 0.81%…
Major Asian markets were mixed by the close on Wednesday, with oil prices continuing to rise. Meanwhile, China released its data on manufacturing activity in the morning, a benchmark for…
Shares in Asia-Pacific fell on Tuesday despite gains overnight on Wall Street as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite closed at record highs.
Mainland Chinese stocks closed lower. The Shanghai composite edged 0.92%…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Monday, as Hong Kong saw a shorter trading day following a morning pause due to severe weather conditions.
The Hang Seng index slipped fractionally on Monday to…
Banxico, Mexico’s central bank, surprised global market observers by raising its key lending rate by a quarter percentage point to 4.25%.
Asia-Pacific stocks jumped in Friday trade, with shares in Hong Kong and mainland China among the region’s biggest gainers.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index jumped 1.43%, as of its final hour of…
Shares in Asia-Pacific struggled for direction on Thursday, with major indexes in Japan and mainland China closing flat.
After a troubled start to the week, equities across much of the region…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were largely higher on Wednesday, with stocks in Hong Kong leading gains regionally.
By the Wednesday market close in Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index surged 1.79% to 28,817.07. Taiwan’s Taiex also…
Shares in Asia-Pacific largely rose on Tuesday, with shares in Japan leading gains among the region’s major markets.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 jumped 3.12% to close at 28,884.13, largely recovering from a more…
Global markets were on the low as a surprisingly hawkish outcome from the Federal Reserve’s June 15–16 policy meeting and late-week comments from a Fed official about potentially earlier-than-expected rate…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday as investors monitored moves in the commodities space after prices fell sharply on Thursday.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 closed 0.19% lower at 28,964.08,…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Thursday, as investors watched for the market reaction after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday moved up its timeline for rate hikes.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday trade as investors looked ahead to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision.
Mainland Chinese stocks led losses among the region’s major markets, with…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trade, with Australian and Japanese stocks leading gains regionally.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan gained 0.96% to finish the trading day at 29,441.30 while the…
Global markets were mixed during the week as investors reacted to various economic data from both the U.S Consumer price index and also various economic data from china and from…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Friday trade, with the BSE Sensex in India touching a record high.
In Friday Asia trade, the Sensex rose to 52,641.53 — above its previous…
Shares in Asia-Pacific mostly rose on Thursday, as investors looked ahead to an upcoming release of U.S. inflation data for May.
The Shenzhen component in mainland China jumped 1.19% to close at 14,893.59,…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower on Tuesday, as investors reacted to the release of Japan’s revised first-quarter gross domestic product figures.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan shed 0.19% to close at 28,963.56…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Thursday, as investors reacted to data out of Australia and China.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led losses regionally, falling 1.13% on the day to 28.966.03.
Hang Seng…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday, with official data showing higher-than-expected growth in Australia’s economy for the first quarter.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan gained 0.46% to close at 28,946.14 while the Topix…
Shares in major Asia-Pacific markets were mostly higher on Tuesday, as investors reacted to the release of a private survey on Chinese manufacturing activity in May.
Mainland Chinese stocks closed higher,…
Global markets traded fairly mixed this week as most markets as investors watched on various economic data from the United States with relation to Inflation and also data from China…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday, with multiple markets in Southeast Asia closed for a holiday.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan rose 0.31% on the day to 28,642.19, while the Topix…
Shares in Asia-Pacific rose on Tuesday, as investors watched tech shares following overnight gains in the sector stateside.
Mainland Chinese stocks led gains regionally, with the Shanghai composite rising 2.4% on the day…
Global markets were mixed during the week as various economic news streamed in. Inflation news seems to be taking global outlook from all angles of the investors and could turn…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Friday following an overnight bounce on Wall Street.
The Taiex in Taiwan jumped 1.62% on the day to 16,302.06. India’s Nifty 50 also saw robust gains, rising 1.3%, as…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Thursday, with data showing Japan’s exports surging in April.
The Nikkei 225 finished the trading day 0.19% higher at 28,098.25 while the Topix index advanced slightly to…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Monday trade as investors reacted to the release of Chinese economic data while also monitoring the Covid situation in places such as Taiwan, which…
On the global markets front, telecommunications and internet conglomerate SoftBank Group posted the highest-ever annual net profit for a Japanese company.
Major Asia-Pacific stock markets declined on Thursday, as Wall Street fell sharply with inflation data triggering fears of a rate hike.
Mainland Chinese markets fell in the morning. The Shanghai Composite was…
Asia-Pacific shares were mostly down on Wednesday, as Taiwan’s markets tumbled after authorities said they may raise its COVID-19 alert level after an outbreak in recent days.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange…
Most Asia-Pacific markets came under pressure on Tuesday, following a sell-off in tech stocks that weighed down major U.S. indexes overnight.
Stocks in Taiwan led declines across the region, with the benchmark…
Stock markets in Asia-Pacific were broadly higher on Monday, shrugging off the weaker-than-expected April U.S. jobs reports; while oil futures advanced.
South Korea’s Kospi was one of the largest gainers, rising 1.6% in…
Shares in Europe climbed on stronger-than-expected earnings results and growing confidence in a global economic recovery. In local currency terms, the pan-European STOXX Europe 600 Index ended the week 1.72%…
Asia-Pacific stock markets traded mixed on Thursday as investors look ahead to the U.S. jobs report due later this week for clues about how long the Fed will stay on…
Australian shares rose on Wednesday while some of the other major Asia-Pacific markets are closed for the day.
The benchmark ASX 200 traded 0.7% higher at 7,117.60, with the heavily-weighted financials subindex up…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trade with major markets in Japan and China still closed for holidays.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.25% by the afternoon. In Taiwan, the Taiex looked…
Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Monday, following broadly negative cues from Wall Street on Friday. The markets are cautious amid the surge in coronavirus cases in the region,…
Core eurozone bond yields trended higher compared to other global markets amid concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve might consider tapering its bond purchasing program.
Asia-Pacific markets struggled for gains Friday as investors turned cautious, despite a positive finish stateside in the previous session.
Australia’s ASX 200 fell 0.7% as all sectors turned red. Energy and materials were…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific mostly rose in Thursday trade, as investors reacted to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its easy money policy in place.
South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.23% in afternoon trade while the S&P/ASX 200 in…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed on Wednesday; however, already-high valuations ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision capped gains.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 rose by 0.21% to close…
Despite a brief global markets rally on Thursday, it was a disappointing week for Japanese equity markets—weighed down by weakness across all sectors as the government enhanced its response to…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific rose on Thursday, with Japanese shares leading gains among the region’s major markets.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan jumped 2.38% to close at 29,188.17, recovering partially from two days of…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific largely fell on Wednesday as a surge in coronavirus cases in countries like India weighed on the economic outlook and investor sentiment.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 dropped 2.03% to…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mixed in Tuesday trade as China kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged.
Stocks in Japan led to losses among the region’s major markets, with the Nikkei 225 falling…
Shares in Asia-Pacific mostly rose in Monday trade, though India’s markets lagged as the country continues to see a surge in Covid-19 infections.
Mainland Chinese stocks led gains among the region’s…
Shares in Europe rose to follow other global markets on hopes of a strong recovery in the global economy and corporate earnings, despite a resurgence in coronavirus infections
Shares in Hong Kong led gains in Asia-Pacific during Wednesday trade as Chinese tech stocks listed in the city jumped.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led to gains among the region’s major…
Global markets hit record highs on Tuesday, supported by strong economic data from China and the US, while currency and bond markets paused for breath after a month of rapid…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower in Friday trade after the S&P 500 on Wall Street cruised to another record closing high overnight.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dipped 0.72% by the afternoon.
Shares…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific mostly rose on Thursday after the S&P 500 nudged higher to a record closing high overnight.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led gains among the region’s major markets, rising 1.16%…
Global markets were moving this week, with the major highlights of the holiday shortened week being the global consumer confidence increasing to its highest level since the onset of the…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were higher in Thursday trade as the second quarter kicked off with several economic data releases out across the region.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index led to gains…
Shares in Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Wednesday as official data showed China’s factory activity growing in March.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 shed 0.63% while the Topix index declined 0.68%. South Korea’s Kospi, on…
Stocks in Asia-Pacific were mostly higher in Monday trade, as India's markets are closed for a holiday.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan gained 1.2% in afternoon trade while the Topix index…
Global markets rose during the week all through to Friday while safe havens such as the dollar and U.S. Treasuries dipped as hopes for a global economic recovery overshadowed the…
Major Global market indices continued their gaining streak this week, with some touching record highs early in the week, some of them however later lost ground as bond yields reached…
Asia-Pacific markets broadly advanced Thursday as investors cheered after the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policymaking committee overnight voted to keep short-term borrowing rates near zero in a widely expected move.
The Nikkei…
Asian stock markets traded mixed Tuesday after starting the week by struggling for gains in what some analysts have described as a fragile environment for stocks.
In Australia, the benchmark ASX 200 trimmed…
Global markets continued to trade on moved by central banks as investors looked to oversee the correlation between the stock market and interest rates, picking up from last week, with…
Shares in Asia-Pacific were mostly lower Friday as investors watched bond yields and technology stocks in the region.
Mainland Chinese stocks closed mixed as the Shanghai composite declined fractionally to 3,501.99,…
Shares in Asia-Pacific slipped in Thursday trade, with technology stocks in the region falling sharply.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.13% to close at 28,930.11 while the Topix index shed 1.04% to…
Global stocks set new highs again this week with a myriad of factors grabbing a piece of the spotlight, including Congressional hearings aimed at deciphering the recent GameStop trading frenzy.
Asian shares advanced on Tuesday, lifted by the economic recovery, vaccine rollouts and signs that new coronavirus cases may be abating as mainland China remain closed for the Lunar New…
Global Markets finished modestly positive for the week on strong earnings growth and the increasing likelihood of additional fiscal stimulus.
Trading in Asia-Pacific was muted Thursday as multiple major markets in the region were closed for holidays.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.45% on the day to 30,173.57 while the Straits Times index in…
Global markets posted their best weekly gain since November, with major indexes closing at fresh record highs. Fiscal-stimulus expectations and progress on vaccine distribution continue to underpin the bullish market…
Shares in major Asia-Pacific markets slipped on Thursday, with South Korea leading the losses.
The Kospi in South Korea declined 1.35% to close at 3,087.55.
Mainland Chinese stocks also closed lower, with the Shanghai composite down…
Global Markets logged one of the largest weekly loss in three months last week as volatile trading in certain pockets of the market continued, raising concerns about speculative excesses.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 slipped 0.44% to close at 28,631.45 while the Topix index shed 0.21% to finish its trading day at 1,856.64. South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.64% to close at 3,140.63.
South Korea’s Kospi led gains among the region’s major markets, rising 2.61% to close at 3,092.66 as shares of automaker Hyundai Motor surged 8.51%.
Biden’s pick for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is expected to rule out seeking a weaker dollar when testifying on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Turkish stocks, as measured by the BIST-100 Index, returned about -1.0%. T. Rowe Price sovereign analyst Peter Botoucharov has been reviewing the latest macroeconomic data from Turkey and notes that…
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0.26%.
Mexican stocks, as measured by the IPC Index, returned about 6%. Shares were lifted in part by strength in U.S. equities, as Joe Biden—who is expected to be less aggressive…
Mainland Chinese stocks rose on the day: The Shanghai composite gained 0.86% to 3,502.96 while the Shenzhen component soared 2.466% to 14,827.47.
Investor sentiment and the lira currency also benefited from the central bank’s recent action on interest rates. Following the December 24 monetary policy meeting—at which policymakers decided to raise all…
Oil prices were higher in the afternoon of Asia trading hours, with international benchmark Brent crude futures up 0.69% to $51.21 per barrel. U.S. crude futures gained 0.65% to $47.93…
Russian stocks declined early in the week amid worsening sentiment toward riskier asset classes and on news that the U.S. Department of Commerce would move to block trade in goods…