Market Pulse - Asia
Asia report: Markets fall as investors await US payrolls
Stocks closed in the red across the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, as investors closed their pocketbooks ahead of the key nonfarm payrolls report due out of the US later in the global day.
Asia report: Most markets higher after OPEC+ quota cut
Most stock markets in Asia were in the green on Thursday, going against weak trading on Wall Street overnight, after OPEC and its allies agreed a cut to crude production in a bid to bolster prices.
Asia report: Stocks rise across region, RBNZ hikes rates again
Stock markets in Asia were in positive territory at the close on Wednesday, with Hong Kong’s main bourse gaining almost 6% on the back of a solid session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Stocks rise after smaller-than-expected hike from RBA
Markets in Asia were in the green on Tuesday, with stocks in Australia well into the green after the country’s central bank revealed a smaller-than-expected hike to interest rates.
OPEC+ mulling 1.0m barrel production cut
Brent crude oil futures jumped at the start of the quarter amid reports that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies may cut their combined output by approximately 1. 0m barrels a day.