Market Report - Asia
Asia close: Region's bourses mixed as chances of March Fed hike reach 50%
Asian bourses ended the session on a mixed note despite a slightly higher close on Wall Street as traders waited on a speech from US president Donald Trump the next day and further Fed speak.
Asia report: Markets lower as sterling drops against greenback
Markets in Asia finished lower on Monday, with many traders turning their attention to currencies and the tumbling sterling against the greenback.
Asia report: Markets lower as Samsung executives offer to resign
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Friday, with investors turning their attention to Samsung Group after reports emerged that some of its executives had offered to resign amid the presidential cash-for-influence scandal.
Asia report: Most markets lower as Fed hints at rate rise
Asian markets finished mostly in the red on Thursday, after a mixed bag on Wall Street overnight as investors sifted through minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting, which suggested a rates rise stateside was imminent.
Asia report: Most markets higher after bumper US session
Most markets in Asia finished green on Wednesday, following a bumper Tuesday session on Wall Street overnight, with investors still looking for direction from the Trump administration on banking deregulation and tax reform.
Asia report: Markets take a breather from DC news frenzy
Asian markets were mixed on Tuesday, with many investors seemingly counting on the Trump administration across the Pacific to provide some positive momentum as they struggled to find direction locally.
Asia report: Markets make modest gains as investors look for direction
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Monday, with investors still turning their direction stateside, awaiting further information from President Trump on his economic and tax reform plans.
Asia report: Markets mostly lower as Samsung chief is arrested
Most Asian markets finished lower on Friday, with Samsung Group at the fore of traders’ minds in the region as its chief was arrested over his alleged role in the cash-for-influence corruption scandal surrounding impeached President Park Geun-hye.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed as Toshiba tumble continues
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Thursday, once again failing to match the heady highs seen in the US overnight, with technology conglomerate Toshiba continuing its big tumble.
Asia report: Most markets higher, though Toshiba plunges
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Wednesday, with most investors chasing gains in the US overnight after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen made the case for further rate rises stateside.
Asia report: Most markets lower ahead of Yellen hearing
Most markets in Asia finished lower on Tuesday, with investors keeping their wallets firmly shut ahead of Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen’s two-day testimony in front of the US Congress.
Asia report: Markets higher after Pyongyang missile test
Markets in Asia were mostly in the green on Monday, following the lead of a positive Wall Street finish on Friday, with investors in the region shrugging off a North Korean missile test over the weekend and instead focussing on relatively positive economic data.
Asia report: Trump's 'phenomenal' tax plan lifts most markets
Markets in Asia finished higher in Friday, taking their lead from the US markets overnight, which rose after US President Donald Trump described his upcoming tax policy as “phenomenal”.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher while Japan weakens
Markets in Asia finished slightly higher on Thursday, with Japanese markets being dragged down by a stronger yen.
Asia report: Markets mixed as oil prices dive
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Wednesday, with oil prices depressed after fresh data from the US overnight on Tuesday showed a rise in stockpiles stateside.
Asia report: Markets turn red as investors rush to gold
Markets in Asia mostly finished in the red on Tuesday, as investors turned to safe havens while sentiment weakened.
Asia report: Markets higher as investors decrypt Trump's direction
Markets in Asia finished mostly in the green on Monday, with investors once again trying to decrypt the haphazard policy coming out of the Trump administration in the US.
Asia report: Most markets lower as China reopens
Markets in China led Asia mostly lower on Friday, as they returned to trading after a week off for the Lunar New Year holiday.
Asia report: Investors scared away as Trump touches everything
Markets in Asia finished lower on Thursday with traders clamouring for safe havens, as once again US President Donald Trump sent shivers through the spines of global markets.
Asia report: Markets green as China grows
In what was becoming a familiar theme on Wednesday, markets in Asia turned a particularly orange shade of green as China showed signs it was expanding, though Trump-infused turmoil was still plaguing traders globally.