Page 17 - Asian Shares

Asia stocks choppy as investors cautious after disappointing China data

China's factory activity deepened this month, an official survey showed on Wednesday, weighed down by softening global demand and COVID-19 restrictions

Growing China unrest over strict Covid curbs spooks investors in Asia

Investors are readying for a dip as markets open in Asia to news of growing unrest in China over Covid restrictions

Asian shares higher on signs of Fed rate hike slowdown, China stimulus

Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday, buoyed by signals the US Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest rate hikes and news of fresh economic stimulus from China

Asia share markets gain despite Chinese Covid case numbers rising

Asian share markets were mostly in positive territory on Wednesday despite rising Covid cases in China

Asian shares fall in early trade amid jitters over missile strike in Poland

Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday, as investors got jittery over global risks after Poland said a Russian-made missile killed two people there. Benchmarks fell in morning trading in Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul and Hong Kong, while shares were little changed in Shanghai. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy decried the blast as a very significant escalation of the war. Details were unclear, including who fired the missile. The Polish government said it was investigating. President Joe Biden, in Indonesia for the Group of 20 summit, promised full U.S support for and assistance with Poland's investigation. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 0.2% in morning trading to 27,924.63. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3% to 7,121.60. South Korea's Kospi shed 0.3% to 2,472.97. Hong Kong's Hang Seng fell nearly 0.2% to 18,308.00, while the Shanghai Composite was little changed, inching up less than 0.1% to 3,135.88. Asian equities were defensive on Wednesday, with geopolitical tensions ...

Asian shares slip after US Fed flags higher peak for interest rates

Investors were initially cheered that the Fed at least opened the door to a slowdown in the pace of hikes after raising interest rates 75 basis points to 3.75-4.0%

Asia stocks slide as investors lose risk appetite, bond yields rise

Asian share markets fell on Thursday as investor fears over a looming recession crimped risk appetite, while Treasury yields rose on expectations that the Federal Reserve will remain aggressive

Asia stocks rise as relief rally builds after UK U-turn on fiscal policy

Asia stocks nudged higher as the dramatic U-turn in British fiscal policy brightened investor sentiment, while the US dollar took a breather at its lowest levels in more than a week

Asian stocks wallow at two-year lows; dollar wallops pound and yen

Asian stocks wallowed at two-year lows, after a strengthening dollar, instability in the UK bond market, and upcoming US inflation data spelled a wild session on Wall Street

Asian shares see worst month since pandemic's onset on recession concerns

The Asian index was set to record a staggering 12.5% drop for the month, the largest since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic threw financial markets into chaos

Asian shares struggle, dollar at decades-high ahead of US payrolls report

Japan's Nikkei and Chinese bluechips were mostly unchanged, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index eased 0.2% and South Korea gained 0.5%

Stocks jilted as central banks promise tough love to tackle inflation

Asian shares slid on Monday as the mounting risk of more aggressive rate hikes in the United States and Europe shoved bond yields higher

Asian shares rise by 0.4% as hopes for audit deal boost Chinese tech

Asian shares rose on Friday, buoyed by news of possible progress for China and the United States to hammer out an audit deal, while traders anxiously awaited a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome

Asia shares subdued, dollar encouraged by 'super-sized' US rate risk

Markets quickly moved to price around a 70% chance Federal Reserve will lift rates by 75 basis points in September, sending two-year yields up 20 basis points on Friday and further inverting the curve

Yields up with dollar as Fed officials signal more hikes; Asian stocks firm

Asia-Pacific bond yields followed US Treasury yields higher on Wednesday and the dollar continued its climb after Federal Reserve officials signalled they are nowhere near done raising interest rate

Asia shares off to sluggish start, China data soft on Wall Street

Asian share markets got off to a slow start on Monday as disappointing Chinese economic data fed doubts last week's rally on Wall Street could be sustained in the face of determined policy tightening

Asia shares bounce on China property fund as Fed rate hike looms

FTSE futures edged up 0.15%. U.S. markets are likely to open lower, with E-mini futures for the S&P 500 index down 0.32%

Asian stocks wobble on Walmart warning, looming US Fed rate hike

MSCI's broadest gauge of Asia stocks outside Japan meandered just above flat. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.2% and S&P 500 futures were down 0.4%

Asian stocks inch higher; growth, inflation fears keep buyers at bay

MSCI's gauge of Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan was up 0.3%, having erased part of the early morning gains

Asian stocks fall in early trade amid concerns over recession, oil prices

Chinese blue chips which hit a four week high the day before, lost 0.6% while the Hong Kong benchmark fell 1.3%