Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Markets move higher after landmark Korea summit
Markets in Asia finished higher on Monday - the last trading day of April - with investor eyes keenly fixed on a slew of economic data and geopolitical progress in the region.
Asia report: Markets rise as Japan stands pat on monetary policy
Markets in Asia finished higher in Friday, with investors kept an eye on the Koreas as the North’s leader Kim Jong-un and the South’s president Moon Jae-in met for denuclearisation talks.
Asia report: Markets mixed as oil prices surge
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Thursday, with oil prices rising and technology stocks boosted by a solid earnings report from Samsung Electronics.
Asia report: Markets end lower as US Treasury yields increase
Markets in Asia ended their sessions lower on Wednesday, with investors following the lead of their American counterparts overnight in expressing concern for the state of the US economy, as well as rising interest rates.
Asia report: Markets mixed amid confused trading for technology sector
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, with technology stocks in the region once again suffering a confused session after another downturn for the sector on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets mostly lower as tech stocks sink
Markets in Asia were mostly lower on Monday, with investors reacting to a decline in technology plays in the US on Friday, as the dollar added value against the region’s major trading currencies.
Asia report: Semiconductor slide leads markets lower
Markets in Asia were sent falling on Friday, taking their lead from a weaker session on Wall Street overnight, with the technology sector leading the declines in the region.
Asia report: Markets boosted by US earnings, Japan trade talks
Markets in Asia finished in the green on Thursday, as investors cheered another solid session amid a strong earnings season in the US overnight, and oil prices continued to climb.
Asia report: Markets finish stronger after solid US session overnight
Asian markets were in the green as they closed on Wednesday, as investors took their lead from a solid session on Wall Street overnight, which itself was boosted by a strong earnings season in the US.
Asia report: Markets mostly lower as China beats on first quarter GDP
Markets in Asia finished Tuesday’s session mostly lower as investors sifted through a tsunami of data from China, with forecast-beating GDP growth at the top of the agenda.
Asia report: Markets mixed as reaction to Syria strikes remains muted
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Monday, as investors reacted to the launching of missile strikes on Syria by the US, the UK and France over the weekend.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher as Syria, trade fears ease
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Friday, as markets breathed a small sigh of relief after US president Donald Trump said missile strikes on Syria might not be as imminent as previously suggested.
Asia report: Markets move lower as confidence wanes
Markets in Asia finished lower on Thursday, as the newly-boosted confidence in geopolitical relations seen earlier in the week continues to wane.
Asia report: Markets mixed as trade confidence wanes
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Wednesday, with a number of bourses in the region giving up earlier gains as recently-boosted confidence in geopolitical relations began to waver.
Asia report: Markets strengthen on back of Xi remarks
Markets in Asia were higher on Tuesday, with investors reacting positively to comments from Chinese president Xi Jinping, who outlined plans to open up the Chinese economy even further.
Asia report: Markets rise as investors shrug off trade concerns
Markets in Asia finished higher on Monday, with investors turning a blind eye to losses on Wall Street on Friday which came on the back of a week of tense trade developments between the US and China.
Asia report: Markets finish week mixed as trade concerns flare up again
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Friday as Hong Kong returned from a one-day holiday, after US president Donald Trump suggested more tariffs against China could be in the pipeline.
Asia report: Most markets higher as trade tensions cool
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Thursday, as investors let themselves breathe a small sigh of relief as trade tensions between the US and China eased.