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Asian stocks rise as US inflation data dents Fed's September rate hike bets

Asian equities gained after US consumer prices rose in line with expectations, while oil prices held near $80 a barrel amid a standoff between Washington and Tehran

Stock Market Close: Sensex extends losses to 2nd day, drops 188 pts; Nifty ends at 24,436

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates Wednesday: The GIFT Nifty, an early performance indicator of the benchmark Nifty50's performance, was trading with marginal gains

Oil prices rise as Brent tops $88, Asian stocks drift on US-Iran stalemate

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan swung between losses and gains and was last up 0.2 per cent while South Korea's Kospi rose 0.3 per cent

Asian stocks edge higher as Nikkei, Kospi gain on softer US jobs data

Japan's Nikkei followed that lead and rose 0.6% on Monday, while South Korea added 0.5%

Kospi down 4% as Asian shares fall on tech pullback; oil prices steady

Tech stocks led losses across Asia after Wall Street's AI-driven rally lost steam, while oil prices held in a narrow range as investors weighed prospects for an Iran peace deal

Stocks to watch today: Manipal Health, Airtel, ONGC, Nykaa, BSE, LIC & more

Stocks to watch today: Power Grid, Aurobindo Pharma, PB Fintech, Biocon and Cummins among top companies slated to post Q1 results today.

Asian shares jump as tech rally, lower oil prices lift market sentiment

Japan's Nikkei climbed 3.0% and South ​Korea added 3.4%, continuing its run of wild swings

Asian markets edge higher on Wall Street lead, oil remains steady

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.1%, led ‌by South Korean shares rallying as much as 2.1%

Time ripe for India to outperform Emerging Asia & EM: Dinshaw Irani, Helios India

It is best for the investors miss the India IT pack bus as we believe with the adoption of AI, our IT services companies' revenue models will have to undergo a reset, Irani said.

Asian markets rally as AI stocks rebound, Kospi surges more than 15%

South Korea's Kospi index jumped more than 15 per cent on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains, as artificial intelligence-related stocks bounced back after losses this week. US futures edged higher, and oil prices rose. In early Asian trading, the Kospi rose 15.3 per cent to 6,447.10. Shares of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics surged 21.5 per cent, while memory chipmaker SK Hynix soared 25.6 per cent. The Kospi index had plummeted more than 16 per cent on Tuesday and Wednesday on a sell-off of technology stocks in part over worries about an AI bubble and rising intensive competition from chipmaking rivals in China. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 also climbed 5 per cent in early Friday trading. Multinational investment holding company and OpenAI-investor SoftBank Group jumped 14.7 per cent, while chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron rose 9.3 per cent. Oil prices traded higher on tensions between the US and Iran, and as the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for oil transport, rema

Stocks to Watch today: Tata Steel, ITC, Sun Pharma, Swiggy, IOCL, IRFC

Stocks to watch today: Tata Steel, Tata Power, ITC, Sun Pharma, Swiggy, IOCL, IRFC, Maruti Suzuki, Bajaj Finance, JBM Auto, LIC Housing Finance, Hyundai Motor, among others, will be in focus today

Asian stocks choppy after rout, Fed leaves markets uncertain on rates

Asian chipmakers have been the centre of attention this week after a deep selloff in South Korean stocks that wiped more than $2 trillion from the country's equity market rocked markets

Korea's Kospi extends rout as AI selloff deepens ahead of tech earnings

South Korea's KOSPI fell 5%, reversing earlier gains after sinking more than 10% to a three-month low on Tuesday, despite strong earnings from SK Hynix

South Korea's Kospi index sinks 10% on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks

Trading was temporarily halted as Kospi dropped to its lowest level since April as shares in chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix dropped sharply

Asian shares fall as oil spike revives inflation fears, bonds take a hit

Asian markets fell after Brent crude climbed above $100 a barrel amid escalating Gulf tensions, while fresh US tariffs and rising bond yields heightened concerns over a renewed inflation shock

Asian stocks rise as tech earnings lift chipmakers; oil at six-week highs

Asian markets advanced after strong US technology spending plans boosted chipmakers, while escalating conflict in West Asia pushed oil to six-week highs and revived inflation concerns

Asian markets advance as oil prices retreat on Iran ceasefire hopes

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.25% higher after dropping for three straight sessions

Sensex cracks 700 pts intraday, Nifty at 24,150: What's dragging markets?

BSE barometer Sensex lost as much as 690 points or 0.88 per cent to hit the day's low of 77,445. At the same time, the Nifty 50 index briefly slipped below the 24,150 mark.

Asian shares hesitant as oil prices climb, tech earnings come into focus

Brent crude climbed above $90 as the Gulf conflict intensified, reviving inflation worries and rate-hike bets ahead of earnings from major technology companies including Alphabet, Tesla and Intel

Asian shares fall; Nikkei plunges nearly 6% amid AI selloff, West Asia war

Asian shares skidded Friday, with Tokyo's Nikkei 225 down 5 per cent as heavy selling of computer chipmakers and other AI-related shares dragged markets lower. South Korean markets were closed Friday, but shares in Taiwan also fell more than 5 per cent. Stocks related to artificial intelligence have been under pressure for weeks because of worries that their prices have shot too high and that voracious demand for computer memory and processors may not be sustainable if AI ends up not producing as much profit and productivity as promised. Oil prices surged as fighting in the Middle East intensified, while US futures slipped. The Nikkei lost 5.8 per cent to 62,945.97, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong shed 2 per cent to 24,514.29. The Shanghai Composite index was 1.6 per cent lower at 3,818.59. In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.7 per cent to 8,775.70. On Thursday, the S&P 500 fell 0.5 per cent even though nearly three out of every four stocks in the index rose after more ..