Market Report - Asia

Asia report: Most markets weaker, CNOOC plunges
Most markets in Asia finished weaker on Friday, with Chinese oil giant CNOOC seeing some serious losses in Hong Kong.

Asia report: Most markets rise as BoJ stands pat on policy
Most markets in Asia finished higher on Thursday, as investors reacted to the swearing-in of Joe Biden as president of the United States, as the Bank of Japan held monetary policy steady.

Asia report: Markets mostly higher as China stands pat on rates
Markets in Asia closed mostly higher on Wednesday, as China stood pat on interest rates, with Chinese internet giant Alibaba in focus.

Asia report: Markets mostly higher as Hong Kong locks down further
Markets in Asia closed mostly firmer on Tuesday, as investors held their breath ahead of the inauguration of US president-elect Joe Biden later in the week, and monitored the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic.

Asia report: Markets mixed as investors watch news on Samsung, Huawei
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Monday, as investors digested the latest economic data out of China, and reacted to developments around tech giants Samsung and Huawei.

Asia report: Markets mixed as investors digest Biden's package
Markets in Asia closed in a mixed state on Friday, as US president Donald Trump blacklisted another Chinese technology company, while investors digested the president-elect Joe Biden’s stimulus package.

Asia report: Markets mixed as China trade data beats forecasts
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Thursday, as investors digested the latest trade data out of China, as well as some fresh news on the vaccine front.

Asia report: Markets mixed amid worsening Covid-19 situation
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Wednesday, as investors kept tabs on the latest developments in the ongoing global Covid-19 pandemic.

Asia report: Markets mixed as traders watch US developments
Markets in Asia closed in a mixed state on Tuesday, with equities in China leading the gainers, as investors watched developments stateside where House Democrats introduced an article of impeachment against outgoing US president Donald Trump.

Asia report: Markets mostly lower as China PPI deflation continues
Most markets in Asia closed in negative territory on Monday, as investors digested the latest economic data out of China and monitored the global Covid-19 situation.

Asia report: Markets mostly higher, Covid-19 cases surge in Tokyo
Most markets in Asia finished higher on Friday, as investors continued to monitor the global Covid-19 situation, with a state of emergency being declared in Japan’s capital amid surging cases.

Asia report: Most markets higher as investors watch US chaos
Most markets in Asia finished in the green on Thursday, taking their cues from Wall Street overnight, where traders mostly shrugged off violent, deadly riots at the US Capitol in Washington.

Asia report: Markets mixed as China service sector growth slows
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Wednesday, as investors digested fresh data on China’s services sector, while Donald Trump issued a ban on transactions with a number of Chinese software companies.

Asia report: Markets finish mixed, Chinese telecoms surge
Markets finished in a mixed state in Asia on Tuesday, as investors monitored the global Covid-19 situation, while Chinese telecoms firms rocketed on an announcement from the New York Stock Exchange that their securities would no longer be delisted.

Asia report: Most markets rise as China manufacturing continues to grow
Most markets in Asia finished in the green on the first trading day of the year on Monday, as investors digested manufacturing data out of China and reacted to a jump in oil prices.
Asia report: Shares mixed as turbulent year ends
Asian shares were mixed on the last day of a turbulent 2020 with as investors pinned their hopes on a global economic recovery over the next 12 months.
Asia report: Shares mixed on weaker Wall St
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a weaker day on Wall Street as worries over the Covid-19 pandemic and a stalled effort to get a bigger cheques for US workers as part of the new stimulus package.
Asia report: US stimulus, Brexit deal boosts shares
Asian shares were higher on Tuesday as investors cheered the Brexit trade deal and the latest US Covid-19 stimulus package.

Asia report: Most markets higher, Alibaba slides on China probe
Most markets finished higher on Christmas Eve, as investors watched for developments on the Brexit front, while Alibaba shares slid amid reports that Chinese authorities were set to investigate the company.

Asia report: Markets finish higher even as Trump shoots down stimulus
Markets in Asia closed in positive territory on Wednesday, as investors continued to monitor the new strain of Covid-19 identified in the UK, and Donald Trump poured cold water on the coronavirus stimulus package passed by Congress earlier in the week.