Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Markets mixed on short, low-volume New Year's Eve
Markets finished mixed in Asia on the final day of 2018, as traders looked back on a year of global declines.
Asia report: Most markets rise, Nikkei records annual loss
Most markets in Asia finished in the green on Friday, but the major news was Japan’s stock market, which notched its first annual decline since 2011 on its last trading day of the year.
Asia report: Markets sink as BoJ stands pat on interest rates
Markets in Asia mostly sank on Friday, led by Japan, after that country’s central bank stood pat on interest rate policy, and after a serious sell-off on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Most markets lower as Fed hikes rates, PBOC stands pat
Most markets in Asia finished in the red in Thursday, as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rate targets for a fourth time in 2018 overnight.
Asia report: Markets mixed as investors wait for Fed decision
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Wednesday, as investors closed their wallets and held their breath ahead of a rate decision from the US Federal Reserve later in the global day.
Asia report: Markets take a dip as Xi talks up Chinese self-determination
Markets in Asia ended Tuesday lower, following a depressing finish on Wall Street overnight as sentiment around global economic outlook took a dip.
Asia report: Most markets higher ahead of Fed meeting
Most markets in Asia finished in positive territory on Monday, as traders got the last of their Christmas shopping done and began to look ahead at forecasts for 2019.
Asia report: Markets finish weaker as China data disappoints
Markets in Asia finished lower on Friday, as investors waded through a tsunami of disappointing data from China.
Asia report: Markets rise as China looks to ease trade tension
Markets in Asia finished higher on Thursday, led by a surge in positive sentiment in China, which was egged on by a solid finish on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets higher on renewed hopes of trade war de-escalation
Markets in Asia finished in the green on Wednesday, on renewed hopes of an improvement in the political relationship between the US and China.
Asia report: Markets mixed after confusing session on Wall Street
Markets in Asia finished on a mixed note on Tuesday, with many stocks struggling to find direction after a choppy session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets take a dip after disappointing China data
Markets in Asia were in the red on Monday, after fresh trade data out of China left many participants disappointed.
Asia report: Markets end disappointing week on a high
Markets in Asia broke several days of disappointment on Friday, as sentiment was boosted by reports that the US Federal Reserve was considering a more gradual incline when it comes to raising interest rates.
Asia report: Huawei CFO arrest sends shockwaves through tech stocks
The arrest of Huawei’s chief financial officer in Canada sent shockwaves through Asian markets on Thursday, with Meng Wanzhou’s likely extradition to the United States fanning the flames of ongoing trade tension between Washington and Beijing.
Asia report: Markets follow Wall Street onto downward slope
Markets in Asia were in negative territory at their respective closes on Wednesday, after rising concerns about a possible global slowdown and ever-present trade tensions fuelled a red Tuesday on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets mixed as questions raised over US-China trade truce
Markets in Asia were in a mixed state as they closed on Tuesday, as positivity from the bumper session on Monday began to make way for questions on the trade truce agreed between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping.
Asia report: Markets higher as Trump and Xi agree to trade war ceasefire
Most markets in Asia finished in positive territory on Monday, after US president Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to a temporary downing of weapons on the ongoing trade war between the two nations.