Page 25 - Asian Shares

Asian shares inch up, caution prevails ahead of Jackson Hole

US stock futures were up 0.2%, suggesting some optimism after sentiment on Thursday was dented by a deadly attack in Afghanistan, and after Fed's hawkish policymakers urged an end to stimulus

Asian shares spooked by Delta variant's spread as Jackson Hole looms

Investors are mostly waiting for the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium on Friday and what central bank chair Jerome Powell might say about U.S. tapering monetary stimulus

Asian shares move off near year lows, New Zealand holds rates steady

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.73%, snapping five successive sessions of decline

Asian shares fall as Delta variant of Covid-19 casts shadow over growth

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.35%, dragged down by Chinese blue chips, which fell 0.56% and Hong Kong down 0.46%

Asian shares lower after Wall Street rebound on US growth data

Japan reported relatively strong economic data for the previous quarter, before the government began tightening coronavirus restrictions as cases surged.

Asian shares sit at seven-month lows ahead of US Fed meeting verdict

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.35% in early trading

Asian stock markets decline to seven-month low amid China jitters

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.97% to its lowest level since December, having slid 2.45% the previous day.

Asia subdued by slow Covid-19 vaccinations, eye on factory surveys

Asian share markets were in a muted mood on Friday after a volatile week in which sentiment over global growth waxed and waned with every new headline on the Delta variant

Asian shares dragged by Covid-19 vaccination lag, Wall Street fares better

sian share markets were in a mixed mood on Friday after a volatile week in which sentiment over global growth waxed and waned with every new headline on the Delta variant

Asian shares and US Treasury yields rise as investors reassess rout

Asian shares and US Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, clawing back some of the week's losses as investors reassessed economic worries

Asian shares edge lower as investors look past upbeat tech earnings

Asian shares headed lower on Friday as profit-taking in Taiwanese chip giant TSMC, despite record profits, weighed on other tech firms and broader risk sentiment

Chinese economic data, rebound in tech stocks drive Asian shares higher

Asian shares headed for their best session in more than a fortnight on Tuesday after better than expected Chinese economic data and a rebound in China tech shares

Asian share markets open higher, but China tech worries weigh on Hong Kong

Chinese technology stocks remain under the microscope on Tuesday after the Cyberspace Administration of China ordered an investigation into Didi Global Holdings just days after it listed on NYSE

Asian shares rise after consumer confidence boosts Nasdaq to record high

Asian shares rose and a gauge of global equities hovered near record highs on Wednesday after rising consumer confidence in economic recovery boosted the Nasdaq index to its highest-ever closing level

Global shares edge lower on new Delta Covid-19 variant outbreaks in Asia

MSCI's all country world index, which tracks shares across 50 countries, fell 0.32 points or 0.04%, as declines in Asian equities undercut new highs in European and US markets

Asian shares pressured by fears over Delta virus variant, US data in focus

Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday on concerns new coronavirus outbreaks in the region could undercut an economic recovery

Asian shares start on cautious note amid spike in coronavirus cases

Asian shares got the week off to a cautious start on Monday as a spike in coronavirus cases across Asia over the weekend hurt investor sentiment

Asian shares up as US infrastructure bill lifts S&P to a record high

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight that lifted the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 indexes to record highs after U.S. President Joe Biden embraced a bipartisan Senate infrastructure deal.

Asian markets skid on jitters over future US Federal Reserve action

Asian markets skidded on Monday, with Japan's Nikkei 225 index down 3.4%, after a sell-off Friday on Wall Street gave the S&P 500 its worst weekly loss since February. Investors are still recalibrating their moves after the Federal Reserve's signal last week that it may raise current ultra-low rates sooner than had been expected. That gave the Dow Jones Industrial Average its worst weekly loss since last October. Part of the Fed's mission is to keep prices under control. The fear is that burgeoning inflation may prompt central banks to dial back the lavish support that has lifted markets to new highs after they plunged at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic last year. Until its latest policy meeting, last week, the Fed had indicated it viewed recent price hikes as transient and would let the recovering economy run hot. Now it's forecasting raising interest rates twice in 2023. The shift to an earlier timeline for a rate hike, accompanied with an upward revision in core inflation

Asian shares mostly rise as markets digest US Fed's rate signals

Asian shares mostly rose Friday, as investors digested the latest message from the U.S. Federal Reserve on raising short-term interest rates by late 2023. Japan's benchmark lost earlier gains and inched down less than 0.1% in afternoon trading to 29,009.75. South Korea's Kospi edged 0.2% higher to 3,272.42. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.1% to 7,368.90. Hong Kong's Hang Seng jumped 0.7% to 28,769.94, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1% to 3,530.32. The Bank of Japan kept its ultra-lax monetary policy intact, as investors had expected. Wrapping up a two-day meeting, the central bank also extended by six months, until March 2022, a lending program to help companies weather the pandemic. Japan's economy has picked up as a trend, although it has remained in a severe situation due to the impact of COVID-19 at home and abroad, the Bank of Japan said in a statement. The Fed's comments came Wednesday, and global markets had already initially reacted Thursday. But comments about the ..