Market Pulse - Asia
Asia close: Stocks mostly higher, analysts bullish
Stocks markets across Asia advanced at the end of the week, although gains were restrained despite the solid performance put in overnight by Wall Street.
Asia close: Shares mostly higher as investors in Seoul play catch-up
Asian stocks continued moving higher despite a mixed session overnight on Wall Street, including investors' subdued reaction to the latest quarterly figures out of technology giants Microsoft and Texas Instruments.
Asia close: Stocks rise but analysts divided on outlook for China reopening
What Asian stock markets remained open over the Lunar New Year holiday were mostly higher again.
FTSE 100 movers: BP and Antofagasta gain on optimism around China
BP lent its heft to gains on the top-flight index as crude oil futures advanced on the back of the latest mobility figures out of the People's Republic of China over the Lunar New Year the day before.
Hunt mulling £300m rescue package for British Steel
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is nearing a £300. 0m air package for British Steel, the UK's second-largest steel producer, as part of an effort to avoid the group's collapse and save thousands of jobs.
Asia report: Stocks rise as Japan's inflation reaches 41-year high
Stock markets were in the green in Asia on Friday, as investors digested inflation data out of Japan showing prices rising at their fastest clip in more than four decades.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as Japan records another trade deficit
Stock markets in Asia closed in a mixed state on Thursday, following a night of losses on Wall Street.
Asia report: Most markets rise as Bank of Japan holds policy
Most stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region were higher on Wednesday, after the Bank of Japan kept its yield curve control policy on hold.
Investors remain 'bearish', BofA fund manager survey shows
Humans remained bearish albeit a lot less so than in the last quarter of 2022, BofA's global fund manager survey for January showed.
Asia report: Most markets fall amid wave of data from China
Most stock markets were in the red in Asia on Tuesday, as investors digested a veritable tsunami of data out of China.
Asia report: Mainland China bourses lead regional gains
Stock markets were mostly higher in Asia on Monday, with mainland China’s bourses leading the gains, as investors cheered the prospect of cooling consumer inflation.
US import prices register first increase in six months
US import prices unexpectedly broke a five-month streak of declines at the end of 2022.
Asia report: Most markets rise as Bank of Korea hikes rates
Most markets in Asia closed higher on Friday, after a much-anticipated consumer inflation print in the US came in cooler than expected overnight.
Asia report: Stocks rise ahead of US inflation print
Stock markets were in the green in Asia on Thursday, as investors awaited the latest consumer inflation print out of the United States, due later in the global day.
Asia report: Markets mixed as Tokyo inflation comes in hot
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed by the close on Tuesday, with technology plays in focus on the back of a buoyant Nasdaq on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Stocks boosted by reopening of Hong Kong-China border
Markets were in the green in the Asia-Pacific region on Monday, as sentiment was boosted by the reopening of the border between mainland China and the Hong Kong special administrative region.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as Japan's service sector rebounds
Stock markets in Asia finished Friday’s trading in a mixed state, as investors mulled the possibility of even higher interest rates from the US Federal Reserve across the Pacific.
Asia report: Stocks rise as China's service sector improves
Stocks in Asia were in the green at the close on Thursday, as investors digested a fresh batch of service sector data from China’s private sector.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as Japan's manufacturing sector contracts
Stocks were mixed in the Asia-Pacific region on Wednesday, with Hong Kong once again leading the gains, as investors awaited signs of the US Federal Reserve’s likely trajectory in its latest meeting minutes.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as China factory activity falls further
Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region started 2023 in a mixed state, with Hong Kong’s main bourse leading the gains.