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Asian shares advanced Tuesday as US stocks held steady while investors awaited signals on when the war with Iran may end. US futures and oil prices edged higher. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 2.1% to 55,387.75 and South Korea's Kospi surged 3.5% to 5,724.30. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng gained 0.3% to 26,039.23, while the Shanghai Composite index inched up 0.1% to 4,127.34. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.5% to $8,738.50. Taiwan's benchmark climbed 3.9%. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 dipped 0.2% to 6,781.48, a day after its latest wild swings caused by extreme moves in the oil market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 34 points, or 0.1% to 47,706.51 and the Nasdaq composite edged higher by less than 0.1% to 22,697.10. Oil prices have remained sharply below their peaks hit on Monday. Such spikes have been rocking financial markets worldwide because of worries that the war could block the global flow of oil and natural gas for a long time. Early Wednesday, the price for a barrel of ...

Oil prices, Rogers said, could definitely cross $100 a barrel again, especially if the geopolitical developments continue.

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Global shares were mostly lower Wednesday on selling of technology shares following a lackluster day on Wall Street. France's CAC 40 fell 0.5% in early trading to 8,213.90. The German DAX dipped 0.3% to 24,251.58. Britain's FTSE 100 climbed 0.6% to 9,487.52. The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were little changed. On Tuesday, the S&P 500 was nearly flat and the Dow gained 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite index lost 0.2%. In Asian trading, Chinese markets retreated after US President Donald Trump cast doubt on whether or not he will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this month. Maybe it won't happen, maybe it won't happen, he said while hosting a lunch for Republican Party senators at the White House. However, Trump also said he was expecting to do well in negotiations with China. I'm going to see President Xi in two weeks... We're going to meet in South Korea, he said. We're going to talk about a lot of things they want to discuss. Trump is ...

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The dollar held near a two-month high as investors weighed a Federal Reserve decision to hold rates steady and strong earnings from megacap tech firms

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Markets welcomed what appeared to be easing trade frictions between the US and Europe while global bond markets settled down after a scary surge in long-term yields

In Asia, shares of Alibaba slumped 6.8 per cent after the tech giant's quarterly revenue failed to impress investors

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Canada's dollar dipped against a broadly-firm US currency as Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals retained power in Monday's election

Asian shares mostly rose Thursday, despite the continued fretting over President Donald Trump's trade war, with all eyes on negotiations that just began between the administration and Japan. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.7% to 34,142.86 in morning trading. Honda stock price jumped 1.7% after the Japanese automaker said it plans to move its production of the five-door Civic hybrid electric vehicles for the US market from Japan to the company's plant in Indiana. Honda Motor Co didn't say the move was in response to Trump's tariff policies but stressed it moves production to where there is demand. Production of the U.S.-bound five-door Civic HEV began at the Yorii plant outside Tokyo in February. So far 3,000 vehicles have been produced there for the US market. Trump joined Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in the talks with the Japanese delegation in Washington. Hopefully something can be worked out which is good (GREAT!) for Japan and the

As an investment strategy, Morgan Stanley remains overweight on financials, consumer cyclicals, and industrials; and are underweight on energy, materials, utilities and healthcare.

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