Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Shares mixed as turbulent year ends
Asian shares were mixed on the last day of a turbulent 2020 with as investors pinned their hopes on a global economic recovery over the next 12 months.
Asia report: Shares mixed on weaker Wall St
Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday despite a weaker day on Wall Street as worries over the Covid-19 pandemic and a stalled effort to get a bigger cheques for US workers as part of the new stimulus package.
Asia report: US stimulus, Brexit deal boosts shares
Asian shares were higher on Tuesday as investors cheered the Brexit trade deal and the latest US Covid-19 stimulus package.
Asia report: Most markets higher, Alibaba slides on China probe
Most markets finished higher on Christmas Eve, as investors watched for developments on the Brexit front, while Alibaba shares slid amid reports that Chinese authorities were set to investigate the company.
Asia report: Markets finish higher even as Trump shoots down stimulus
Markets in Asia closed in positive territory on Wednesday, as investors continued to monitor the new strain of Covid-19 identified in the UK, and Donald Trump poured cold water on the coronavirus stimulus package passed by Congress earlier in the week.
Asia report: Markets mostly weaker amid fears of new Covid strain
Markets in Asia finished mostly lower on Tuesday, as investor sentiment sank on the emergence of a new, more contagious strain of Covid-19 in the UK.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed as Covid situation worsens
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Monday, as a worsening Covid-19 situation in parts of the region dragged on investor sentiment.
Asia report: Most markets weaker amid rising Covid-19 infections
Most markets in Asia closed weaker on Friday, as rising Covid-19 cases in parts of the region weighed on sentiment.
Asia report: Most markets higher as investors cheer Fed
Most markets in Asia finished in positive territory on Thursday, as investors cheered the US Federal Reserve’s commitment to continue underpinning that country’s economy.
Asia report: Markets mostly higher as Japan exports disappoint
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Wednesday, as investors digested disappointing economic data out of Japan, and kept an eye on the Covid-19 situation.
Asia report: Markets mostly weaker as Covid concerns weigh
Markets in Asia closed mostly weaker on Tuesday, as investors digested fresh economic data out of China, with concerns over Covid-19 outbreaks weighing on sentiment.
Asia report: Markets mixed as business sentiment improves in Japan
Markets in Asia closed in a mixed state on Monday, as investors in the region got their first chance to react to the US approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for Covid-19.
Asia report: Markets mixed as investors weigh pandemic sentiment
Markets in Asia finished in a mixed state on Friday, as investors kept watch of the global Covid-19 situation.
Asia report: Most markets lower on Brexit stall, Covid relief talks
Most markets in Asia finished in negative territory on Thursday, once again with the exception of those in China, as investors watched for developments on both the Covid-19 front and in ongoing Brexit negotiations between the UK and the European Union.
Asia report: Most markets rise as investors cheer vaccine roll-out
Markets in Asia finished higher on Wednesday, with the exception of bourses in China, as investors cheered the start of Covid-19 vaccinations as the first patient was dosed in the UK.
Asia report: Markets mixed as Covid cases, US stimulus talks weigh
Markets in Asia finished mostly weaker on Tuesday, as a worsening Covid-19 situation, Brexit negotiations between the UK and the EU, and ongoing talk of stimulus in the US weighed on sentiment.
Asia report: Shares pull back from early gains on China sanctions report
Asian shares fell back from strong gains at the close on Monday after a report the US was getting ready to hit more Chinese officials with sanctions.
Asia report: Most markets rise, US adds firms to China blacklist
Most markets in Asia finished in the green on Friday, even as the Pentagon in the US added more Chinese companies to its blacklist of allegedly military-linked organisations.
Asia report: Most markets higher as China services sector expands further
Markets in Asia finished mostly higher on Thursday, as investors digested fresh data from China showing the country’s services sector growing further.
Asia report: Markers mixed after record-breaking session on Wall Street
Markets in Asia closed in a mixed state on Wednesday, as investors reacted to a record session on Wall Street overnight and reacted to the news late in the day that UK authorities had approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine candidate.