Asia Markets

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.2% as Japanese stocks slid 1.1%

Asian shares mixed at open before US Fed’s meeting

Shares in Japan fluctuated at the open while those in South Korea and Australia were flat Wednesday after the S&P 500 snapped a six-day rally

Asia shares flat as dollar, stock futures dip on Trump’s copper tariff

Contracts for the S&P 500 index edged down 0.2% and a gauge of the dollar dipped by 0.1% Thursday

Asian shares post modest gains before US payrolls

A regional equity gauge rose 0.3% after the S&P 500 closed at another record high Wednesday

Asian stocks, futures rise as trade talks progress

The MSCI Asia-Pacific index advanced 0.3% at the open Monday

Citadel Securities hires Millennium’s Narang for Asia COO team

A newer crop of market makers, including Citadel Securities and Jane Street Group, are chipping away at banks’ dominance of the business

Asian shares edge up, dollar dips before US jobs data

Shares in Hong Kong and China fluctuated after Donald Trump held a call with China’s President Xi Jinping and agreed to further trade talks.

Asian stocks cautious ahead of Japan bond auction

A regional gauge swung between small gains and losses at the open as South Korean shares gained for a third day while Japanese indexes dropped

Stock futures slump, near bear market territory as US-China trade war deepens with fresh tariffs

Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 558 points, or 1.5 percent, while the S&P 500 futures dropped 1.3 percent. Nasdaq-100 futures slipped 0.9 percent

Nikkei dives 6% as Asian markets sink over fears of a global trade war mount

Japan's Nikkei sank 6% to hit lows last seen in late 2023, while South Korea dropped 5%. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 3.6%

Stock futures rise on hope of targeted US tariffs

Futures for the S&P 500 and Euro Stoxx 50 rose along with equities in China, though a broader gauge of Asian shares edged lower

Chinese shares rise as tech rebounds after selloff

A gauge of the region’s stocks swung between gains and losses with Chinese technology shares gaining more than 2%, led by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and JD.com Inc

Asian and Chinese shares gain as Trump’s lack of day-one China tariffs sparks cautious optimism

China's share markets gained, while Asian stocks were mixed with cautious optimism after President Donald Trump held off on announcing immediate trade tariffs on day 1 post his inauguration. However, analysts suggest caution amid expected volatility.

Asian stocks advance as Trump and Xi discuss trade

Trump and Xi discussed trade, TikTok and fentanyl, which may set the tone for relations in the early days of the new administration.

Stocks, dollar and yields rise on US election night

Equities in Japan and Australia climbed. Chinese equities were mixed, with the CSI 300 Index of onshore shares edging higher in early trading

Asian stocks extend rally on china, US sentiment

Equities in Australia advanced, while Japan’s Nikkei index was poised to erase all losses since the Bank of Japan’s July 31 interest rate hike

Asian stocks cautious as market traders await Nvidia earnings

With the AI giant set to report earnings after Wednesday’s session, weak sentiment toward the tech sector, triggered by disappointing results earlier this week from Chinese e-commerce firm PDD, may linger

Asia shares enjoy the calm before inflation test

Key for the Federal Reserve will be U.S. consumer prices on Wednesday where economists look for rises of 0.2% in both the headline and core, with the annual core slowing a tick to 3.2%.

Asia shares flat, dollar restrained by Japan caution

Europe has its own inflation tests with consumer price data out from France, Italy, Belgium and Spain, ahead of the overall EU CPI report on April 3.

Nifty, Sensex may rise tracking global markets as investors cheer Fed rate cut plans

Fed chair Jerome Powell reiterated that policymakers still intend to cut rates before the end of this year, assuming economic growth continues. Investors cheered the Fed commentary pushing all the major Wall Street indices to close at fresh record highs

Asia markets, yuan fight to stabilise as Evergrande looms large

Asian markets were jittery in volumes thinned by public holidays in China, Taiwan and South Korea. The Hang Seng recovered from an early drop to trade near flat as financials and property firms bounced, while Japan’s Nikkei returned from a market holiday with a drop of almost 2%.

Asia stocks attempt a rally as Iran anxiety ebbs

Wall Street chose to hope for the best and the Dow rose 0.24 percent, while the S&P 500 gained 0.35 percent and the Nasdaq 0.56 percent.

Global markets wager on Fed rate cut as slowdown fears swell

Japan's Nikkei spiralled about 3.6 percent lower, led by a spike in the yen. Australian shares skidded over 1 percent, dragging MSCI's index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 0.2 percent lower to near two-month lows.

Asia markets trade higher as Hang Seng tops 30,000

Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.84 percent in morning trade, while the Topix was up 0.56 percent. In South Korea, the Kospi rose 0.23 percent.