Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Traders shrug off stateside sell-off, stocks close higher
Stock markets in Asia-Pacific were in the green on Tuesday, as investors shrugged off another sell-off stateside overnight.
Asia report: Stocks fall on souring global sentiment
Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region were lower at the close on Monday, as negative sentiment continued to drag global markets lower.
Asia report: Markets fall further after week of rate hikes
Stock markets were in the red across the board in Asia again on Friday, with Australia’s bourse putting in a particularly poor performance on return from a holiday.
Asia report: Stocks sink on Fed hike, BoJ stands pat
Asian stock markets sank even further on Thursday, as investors reacted to a 75-basis point rate hike accompanied by more hawkish rhetoric from the US Federal Reserve overnight.
Asia report: Stocks fall ahead of US Fed decision
Stocks were weaker across the Asia-Pacific region on Wednesday, as investors closed their wallets ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision later in the global day.
Asia report: Stocks rise as Japan inflation hastens, China holds rates
Stock markets finished in the green in Asia on Tuesday, as fresh data out of Japan showed the country’s core inflation rocketing towards an eight-year high, while China’s central bank stood pat on key lending rates.
Asia report: Stocks fall despite stronger data from China
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region were in the red at the end of trading on Friday, with China’s bourses putting in a particularly poor performance despite a batch of better-than-expected economic data.
Asia report: Stocks mixed on Japan data, China rate hold
Markets closed in a mixed state in Asia on Thursday, with Chinese bourses in negative territory as the central bank there kept medium-term interest rates on hold.
Asia report: Region tumbles after inflation-fuelled Wall Street plunge
Asian stocks were a sea of red at the end of Wednesday, after a major sell-off on Wall Street overnight following hotter-than-expected inflation data stateside on Tuesday.
Asia report: Most markets rise ahead of US inflation report
Most markets in Asia closed above the waterline on Tuesday, with several bourses returning from a long weekend, and investors looked ahead to a key inflation report due out of the US later in the global day.
Asia report: Stocks rise on quiet day for region
Stock markets were in the green in Asia on Monday, with travel plays in Japan a particular bright spot amid reports travel restrictions into the country are set to be loosened further.
Asia report: Markets rise on Powell's inflation comments
Stocks in Asia finished higher on Friday, with Hong Kong leading the gains, afterUS Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said interest rates would continue to rise to help deal with inflation “until the job is done”.
Asia report: Stocks mixed after stellar US session overnight
Stock markets were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with Japan’s benchmark index rising more than 2% on the back of a big rally on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Stocks fall as China trade data underwhelms
Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region were on the back foot on Thursday, after fresh trade data out of China came in short of expectations.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as RBA makes fifth rate hike
Stock markets in Asia were mixed at the close on Tuesday, with China’s bourses in the green, while Australia’s weakened after the central bank there added half a point to interest rates.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as oil prices climb
Stocks finished in a mixed state in Asia on Monday, with oil prices rising ahead of an OPEC+ meeting set to take place later in the global day.
Asia report: Most markets fall ahead of US jobs report
Shares in the Asia-Pacific region mostly finished lower on Friday, as investors closed their wallets ahead of the key US nonfarm payrolls report due later in the global day.
Asia report: Stocks fall as China's factory activity narrows
Markets in Asia finished Thursday on the back foot, after fresh data out of China showed a contraction in manufacturing activity there.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as China's factory output contracts
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region finished in a mixed state on Wednesday, with China leading the losses after manufacturing data there came in above expectations, but still showed a contraction.
Asia report: Markets mixed after big losses on Monday
Stocks closed in a mixed state in Asia on Tuesday, following some serious losses on Monday after US Fed chair Jerome Powell sounded a hawkish tone at the Jackson Hole symposium last week.