• Stock market today: Asian markets are mixed after a slow day on Wall St ahead of US inflation update

    BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stock indexes held at a near standstill ahead of some potentially market-moving reports. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 1.9% to 17,144.54, while the Shanghai Composite index slipped 0.3% to 3,088.25. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gave up 0.4% to 39,616.51 and the S&P/ASX 200 in []

  • Asia-Pacific mixed ahead of China trade figures

    Major Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday, with investors assessing economic data from Singapore and South Korea and ahead of China's awaited trade figures. Earlier, it was known that the

  • Asian stocks subdued ahead of US inflation data

    Asian stocks were muted as investors kept watch for possible intervention by Japanese authorities to stop the yen’s decline and awaited US inflation data later on Wednesday for clues to future interest rate moves. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.2 per cent, after US stocks ended the previous session with […]

  • Asia shares mixed as Fed's Powell rethinks rate cuts

    Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday as the world’s most powerful central banker had a change of heart on US rate cuts this year, pushing Treasury yields to new five-month highs and the dollar towering against other currencies. The beleaguered yen is plumbing fresh 34-year lows on an almost daily basis. It was last steady […]

  • Tokyo Shares Open Lower Ahead Of US Inflation Data

    Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday with investors expected to take a

  • World stocks mixed ahead of US inflation, metals soar

    Global shares have been mixed before the release this week of US inflation data and a crucial European Central Bank meeting, while industrial metals prices extended recent gains on expectations of a worldwide manufacturing rebound. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.2 per cent on Tuesday, while futures on Wall Street were muted. “Stock markets […]

  • Asian shares are mixed, taking hot U.S. inflation data in stride

    Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation may be a troubling trend. Oil prices edged higher and U.S. futures were flat. South Korean shares were little changed after the ruling conservative party

  • Asia mixed after Japan's trade data

    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

  • Asia trades mixed after Powell's discouraging comments

    Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed on Wednesday following discouraging comments by the US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell who said that the inflation path is not showing t

  • Partly cloudy tonight, quiet week ahead

    What We’re Tracking We had clear skies across Northeast Kansas for the eclipse viewing. Luckily, the cloud cover that moves in has held off. We see a partly cloudy sky through this evening and temperatures drop down into the upper 30s and lower 40s. Tomorrow, we see highs climbing into the upper 60s and lower []

  • Some of the best 2024 Macs are still ahead of us

    New M3 chip versions will roll out as spec bumps to the Mac Studio, Mac mini and Mac Pro in 2024, with an M4 MacBook Pro possibly this fall. (via Cult of Mac - Apple news, rumors, reviews and how-tos)

  • The US and UK restrict the trade of Russian-origin metals

    The U.S. and U.K. will begin restricting the trade of new Russian-origin metals — including aluminum, copper and nickel — on global metal exchanges and in derivatives trading