Stock market today: Asian shares trade mixed after Wall Street closes near record finish
Asian shares are trading mixed as investors await further indications of future U.S. interest rate cuts
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed on Monday, as investors awaited further indications the Federal Reserve might begin cutting interest rates. Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.7% to 40,619.40, as investors sold shares to lock in profits after the benchmark recently hit record highs. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed in muted trading Tuesday, as buying in some markets was soon erased by profit-taking. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225, where computer chip-related issues had interested investors early, reversed course to slip nearly 0.2% in morning trading to 40,336.31. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.1% to 7,801.20. South Korea's Kospi added []
The S&P 500 was 0.9% higher in early trading, coming off its first back-to-back weekly loss since
US stocks moved higher on Tuesday as markets looked to continue a
Asian benchmarks were mostly higher on Thursday after U.S. stocks rallied to records following the Federal Reserve’s i ndication that it expects to deliver interest rate cuts later this year. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 2.0% to finish at a record high 40,815.66 after the government reported exports grew nearly
Wall Street closed out its second straight losing week Friday, giving back some of the gains that helped push the stock market to an all-time high earlier in the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.6%, its third straight loss. The benchmark index hit a record high on Tuesday, but mostly wavered in the days that []
HONG KONG (AP) — Asian markets were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of expected guidance by the Federal Reserve on the timing of its cuts to interest rates. Oil prices and U.S. futures fell. Japan’s markets were closed for a holiday. On Tuesday, the Bank of Japan hiked its benchmark interest rate for the first time []
NEW YORK >> U.S. stocks extended their push to record heights on Wall Street today, led by big gains for chipmakers.
The Club's two chipmakers and its lone automaker were among the top-performing portfolio stocks this week.
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks closed their best of the year so far with a quiet finish on Friday, remaining near their records. The S&P 500 slipped 7.35 points, or 0.1%, from its all-time high to close at 5,234.18. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 305.47, or 0.8%, to 39,475.90, and the Nasdaq composite []