Asian shares extended gains on Tuesday, taking cues from Wall Street as focus shifts to earnings results from US tech giants in the week, while a still strong dollar pressured the Japanese yen to fresh 34-year lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5 per cent, helped by a 1.0 per cent […]
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 3.5% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares and other market heavyweights. Tensions in the Middle East were weighing on sentiment across the region, and U.S. futures were sharply lower. Oil prices jumped about $3 as the state-run IRNA news agency reported that Iran []
Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed on Wednesday after a provisional report released by Japan's Ministry of Finance revealed that the country's total merchandise trade
Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, with hopes for earnings this week from tech titans helping to offset worries about the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans ahead of the release of key US growth and inflation data.The apparent easing of Iran-Israel tensions after the rivals launched missile attacks against each other continued to weigh on oil prices, while the yen inched slightly higher as Japan again warned authorities had the room to intervene to support the currency.Investors are a little...
Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded lower on Friday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 down by over 3%, falling below the 37,000 mark for the first time in two and a half months following
Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street, as an after-hours surge in shares of EV maker Tesla following its promise of new models, and upbeat earnings from some US companies lifted risk sentiment. The yen was rooted near 34-year lows, keeping traders wary of possible intervention from Tokyo. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares […]
Global iPhone market share dropped 9.6% year-on-year in the first quarter of the year, enabling Samsung to retake the smartphone lead despite failing to increase its own shipments. Apple saw the biggest slump of any brand, at a time when the global smartphone market as a whole continues to grow more
Foreign holdings of U.S. Treasuries surged to a record in February, its fifth straight monthly rise, Treasury Department data released on Wednesday showed. Holdings totaled $7.965 trillion, up from a revised $7.945 trillion in January. Treasuries owned by foreigners rose 8.7% from a year earlier.
Former TikTok employees have contradicted the company's autonomy assertions, claiming that its operations remain linked to Chinese-owned ByteDance.
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Markets in Asia apart from Shanghai’s were broadly higher Monday, shrugging off the blues on Wall Street after big technology stocks logged their worst week since the COVID crash in 2020. Oil prices fell while U.S. futures advanced. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng led the region, gaining 1.6% to 16489.08.
Stock market today: Asian shares shrug off Wall St blues as China leaves lending rate unchanged
Markets in Asia apart from Shanghai’s are broadly higher, shrugging off the blues on Wall Street after big technology stocks logged their worst week since the COVID crash in 2020