Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Markets mixed as Bank of Japan holds policy steady
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, with investors busy digesting the outcome of the Bank of Japan’s latest monetary policy decision, in which it stood pat.
Asia report: Most markets lower ahead of central bank meetings
Most markets in Asia finished lower on Monday, as investors looked towards a number of central bank meetings coming up this week.
Asia report: Markets mixed amid uninspiring trade
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Friday, as investors spent the end of the week focussing on trade developments and upcoming events on the economic calendar.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed as trade tops agenda again
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Wednesday, with bourses in Hong Kong and Japan following Wall Street’s lead northwards as a bumper earnings season continued apace stateside.
Asia report: China bourses lead region higher
Markets in Asia finished higher across the board on Tuesday, led by a surge in China as renminbi fell.
Asia report: Markets mixed after more Trump bluster
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Monday, with Japanese shares taking a tumble on the back of a stronger yen.
Asia report: Most markets higher as renminbi touches one-year low
Most markets in Asia ended a turbulent session in the green on Friday, as traders digested rare criticism of the Federal Reserve from a sitting US president, and renminbi briefly touched a one-year low.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed after Wall Street boost
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Thursday, after a strong start instigated by a decent showing on Wall Street overnight, although Chinese bourses sank.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed after encouraging words from Powell
Markets in Asia started their sessions slightly firmer on Wednesday, but finished up a mixed bag as investors digested reassuring words from Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell at his Congressional testimony.
Asia report: Most markets lower after oil price decline
Markets in Asia were mostly lower at the end of Tuesday, with Japan a notable exception, with most indices led lower by energy stocks amid a decline in oil prices.
Asia report: Most markets retreat amid slew of China data
Most markets in Asia finished lower on Monday, as investors sifted through a tsunami of fresh data out of China, simultaneously ignoring the strong finish seen on Wall Street at the end of last week.
Asia report: Most markets higher as trade concerns subside
Most markets in Asia finished higher on Friday, piling on to the gains seen on Thursday and following a solid technology-led session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Most markets higher as investors look past tariff threats
Most markets in Asia finished Thursday’s session higher, as investors shrugged off ongoing trade concerns between the US and China to instead focus on what was shaping up to be a solid earnings season.
Asia report: Markets lower as US threatens China with even further tariffs
Asian bourses were lower across the board on Wednesday, as investors were faced with a fresh round of trade tension instigated by Donald Trump’s White House.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher ahead of earnings season
Most markets in Asia finished higher on Tuesday, following another solid finish on Wall Street overnight as investors once again shrugged off concerns over trade tensions.
Asia report: Markets higher after two-way tariffs come into effect
Markets in Asia were higher on Monday, following a solid session on Wall Street on Friday as markets continued to digest the implementation of tit-for-tat tariffs between the US and China.
Asia report: Most markets positive as US-China tariffs take effect
Most markets in Asia finished in the green on Friday, as US tariffs on $34bn of Chinese good came into effect and Beijing retaliating with its own tariffs.
Asia report: Markets finish weaker on eve of two-way tariffs
Markets in Asia finished Thursday in negative territory, as trade concerns continued on the slow boil ahead of Friday’s deadline for new tariffs on China to be implemented by the US.
Asia report: Markets close red as US tariffs loom over China
Markets in Asia followed their Wall Street counterparts into the red on Wednesday, as concerns around global trade continued to marinate ahead of the 6 July deadline set by Washington for fresh tariffs on Chinese imports.
Asia report: Markets remain muted as investors await US tariffs
Markets in Asia finished mixed on Tuesday, as once again trade concerns between a belligerent Washington and a retaliatory Beijing weighed on investor sentiment.