Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Markets lower as tech stocks stumble
Most markets in Asia were lower on Friday, with tech shares in the region taking their cues from their Wall Street peers, as traders in most countries brushed off solid manufacturing data from China.
Asia report: Markets ahead as traders digest central bank signals
Markets in Asia were higher across the board on Thursday, with a strong finish on Wall Street overnight giving the region reason to rise, as traders continued to digest a week of key central bank signals.
Asia report: Markets mostly lower after red Tuesday on Wall Street
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday, taking their cues from the red finishes on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets mixed as traders watch for central bank signals
Asian markets finished mixed on Tuesday, with traders keeping their wallets in their back pockets ahead of a slew of key central bank signals.
Asia report: Markets higher as oil price rises, Takata goes over brink
Markets in Asia were higher by end-of-play on Monday, with oil price gains putting some wind up the region’s freckle, while Takata filed for bankruptcy as had been widely rumoured in the previous week.
Asia report: Markets mixed as China looks to crack down on banks
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Friday, with traders growing concerned over reports that banking regulators in China were looking to quiz banks over their offshore asset investments.
Asia report: Markets mixed amid oil price concerns
Markets in Asia were mixed on Thursday, with steadily declining oil prices giving traders a reason to pause.
Asia report: Markets slip after MSCI China inclusion
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Wednesday, after confirmation from MSCI that mainland China shares would be included in its emerging markets index on a gradual basis.
Asia report: Markets mixed ahead of MSCI China decision, Aussie banks fall
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, with many traders keeping their wallets firmly closed ahead of the decision from MSCI on whether to include mainland China stocks.
Asia report: Markets higher ahead of Brexit talks
Markets in Asia finished higher on Monday, as markets prepared for the Brexit negotiations between the United Kingdom and the so-called ‘EU27’, while a terrorist attack outside a London mosque left one person dead.
Asia report: Most markets higher as BoJ stands pat
Most markets in Asia were marginally higher on Friday, with investors keeping an eye on the tech slide in New York as the Bank of Japan stood pat on policy.
Asia report: Fed rate hike, Toshiba circus sends markets mostly lower
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Thursday, as the region’s traders were the first globally to react to the Federal Reserve’s decision to hike interest rates for the second time so far this year.
Asia report: Markets lower amid focus on China data, Fed decision
Most markets in Asia were in the red on Wednesday, after the release of Chinese data broadly in line with expectations, and as volumes lowered as investors kept their wallets closed ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on US interest rates.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher as tech dip peters out
Most markets in Asia finished higher on Tuesday, with investors seemingly losing their appetite for a continued tech sell-off, despite that sector continuing its red streak on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets lower amid global tech sell-off
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, as traders took their cues from their Wall Street counterparts after a serious sell-off of tech stocks in the US on Friday.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher as traders shrug off hung UK parliament
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Friday, as traders focussed their attentions on the UK election resulting in a hung parliament, and the corresponding drop in sterling against most of its currency peers.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher ahead of global risk events
Markets in Asia were mostly higher on Thursday ahead of a number of risky events through the rest of the global day, with the UK general election and the latest ECB meeting happening in Europe, and James Comey set to testify in front of a Senate committee on the Trump-Russia scandal in the US.
Asia report: Markets mixed ahead of risky Thursday
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Wednesday, with traders keeping their wallets closed ahead of a hat-trick of major events on Thursday - the UK general election, a review from the European Central Bank, and the scheduled testimony from former FBI director James Comey to the US Senate.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed after Wall Street losses
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, taking their cue from a lower close on Wall Street, as traders reacted to the news that diplomatic relations were breaking down in the Middle East between Qatar and some of its neighbours.
Asia report: Most markets finish Monday lower
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, as oil prices gained sharply on the news four countries had broken off diplomatic relations with Qatar.