Market Report - Asia
Asia report: Stocks mixed as China factory activity contracts
Stock markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan’s bourse in the green, while manufacturing activity in mainland China contracted according to the latest data.
Asia report: Hang Seng plunges, Bank of Japan holds rates
Stocks were mostly lower in Asia at the close on Friday, with Hong Kong’s bourse falling to lows not seen in 13 years, as the Bank of Japan stood pat on interest rates.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as GDP growth slows in Korea
Stocks were mixed in Asia at the end of Thursday, as investors mulled fresh data including slowing economic growth in South Korea.
Asia report: Stocks rise as Aussie inflation comes in hot
Stocks rebounded in the Asia-Pacific region on Wednesday, with Hong Kong’s bourse back in the green, as inflation in Australia hit its hottest levels in more than three decades.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as HSBC drags on Hang Seng
Stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region closed mixed on Tuesday, with Hong Kong’s bourse lower at the end of another volatile session.
Asia report: Stocks mixed, Hang Seng plunges after China data dump
Stocks were mixed in Asia at the close on Monday, after an avalanche of data was released in China, while the yen weakened even further against the dollar.
Asia report: Stocks fall on instability, inflation concerns
Stock markets in Asia closed in the red on Friday, amid ongoing concerns of further interest rate rises, while investors also reacted to the latest round of prime ministerial musical chairs in the UK.
Asia report: Stocks fall, yen weakens further as China holds rates
Markets closed lower in Asia on Thursday, as Japan’s currency weakened even further against its American counterpart to reach a more-than-three-decades low point.
Asia report: Stocks mixed as Lee makes first policy speech in HK
Stock markets were mixed by the close of trading in Asia on Wednesday, after another strong session on Wall Street overnight, with Hong Kong leading the losses after a policy speech from the city’s chief executive.
Asia report: Australia leads region higher as China delays data
Stocks were mostly higher across the Asia-Pacific region on Tuesday, with Australia’s bourse leading the gains after a solid session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Markets mixed, China rolls over medium-term facility
Stock markets were in a mixed state in Asia on Monday, as investors weighed continued fears of recession and after China’s central bank rolled over its medium-term lending facility.
Asia report: Stocks rally after solid session on Wall Street
Markets in Asia rallied through to the close on Friday, following the lead of a stellar session on Wall Street overnight, even after the latest consumer inflation reading in the US came in hotter than expected.
Asia report: Markets fall ahead of US inflation reading
Stock markets were in the red across the Asia-Pacific region on Thursday, as investors closed their wallets ahead of a key inflation reading out of the US later in the global day.
Asia report: China stocks rise, Bank of Korea hikes rates
Stock markets in mainland China turned in a solid performance on Wednesday on what was a mixed day for Asia, while the yen weakened even further.
Asia report: Markets finish mixed after Wall Street weakness
Stocks were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, as traders in Japan and South Korea returned from a holiday, while mainland China bourses led the handful of gains.
Asia report: Chipmakers lead losses after US restricts exports
Stocks fell across the Asia-Pacific region on Monday, with chipmakers leading the losers in Hong Kong after fresh export rules were announced in the United States.
Asia report: Markets fall as investors await US payrolls
Stocks closed in the red across the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, as investors closed their pocketbooks ahead of the key nonfarm payrolls report due out of the US later in the global day.
Asia report: Most markets higher after OPEC+ quota cut
Most stock markets in Asia were in the green on Thursday, going against weak trading on Wall Street overnight, after OPEC and its allies agreed a cut to crude production in a bid to bolster prices.
Asia report: Stocks rise across region, RBNZ hikes rates again
Stock markets in Asia were in positive territory at the close on Wednesday, with Hong Kong’s main bourse gaining almost 6% on the back of a solid session on Wall Street overnight.
Asia report: Stocks rise after smaller-than-expected hike from RBA
Markets in Asia were in the green on Tuesday, with stocks in Australia well into the green after the country’s central bank revealed a smaller-than-expected hike to interest rates.