Page 19 - Asian Shares

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%

World shares progress as investors shrug off data showing slow economies

Market players are looking ahead to U.S. inflation data due next week and hoping that the moderation in prices of oil and some other commodities this week is a sign inflation might be abating.

Asian shares rise in early trade as investors pause after steep selloff

Asian stocks and US share futures turned higher on Tuesday as the market took stock after a recent steep selloff

Asia shares subdued, dollar on a high as Fed's aggresive rate hike looms

Asian markets were in a pensive mood on Wednesday as shell-shocked investors waited to see just how aggressive the Federal Reserve would be on rates

Asian shares sink after US inflation-driven retreat on Wall Street

Shares sank in Asia on Monday after a report that US inflation worsened last month sent stocks reeling on Wall Street. Major regional markets dropped more than 2 per cent in early trading Monday, while US futures slipped more than 1 per cent. On Friday, the S&P 500 sank 2.9 per cent, locking in its ninth losing week in the last 10. Investors had hoped the highly anticipated consumer price report would show the worst inflation in generations had slowed a touch last month, passing its peak. Instead, the US government said inflation accelerated to 8.6 per cent in May from 8.3 per cent the month before. Investors took Friday's report to suggest the Federal Reserve will persist in raising interest rates and making other moves in order to slow the economy, to try to force down inflation. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.6 per cent to 27,018.01 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong skidded 3 per cent to 21,145.27. In South Korea, the Kospi declined 3.18 per cent to 2,516.95 as a truckers strike .