Page 14 - Asian Stocks

Asian stocks off to shaky start as US Fed flags delays to rate cuts

Much of Asia is returning from a holiday that had closed markets on Wednesday, though Chinese bond, currency and stock markets remain shut through the rest of the week

Asia shares rise as Fed rate interest decision looms large; yen crumbles

Oil prices ticked down on expectations that higher-for-longer US interest rates would dampen demand, while news of a potential Gaza ceasefire eased fears of supply constraints

Asia stocks rise, yen slips as BOJ maintains accommodative monetary policy

Nasdaq futures advanced more than 1%, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.85%

Asian stock markets slide as Federal Reserve dithers on rate cuts

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell as much as 0.4% Wednesday before paring losses, with consumer discretionary and industrials among the biggest drags

Asian stocks drop after 6-day winning streak; Chinese shares decline

A gauge of US-listed Chinese companies slipped Thursday amid declines for Baidu Inc, Yum China Holdings Inc. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

China blue-chip index stocks hit 5-year lows on Taiwan, US tensions

The CSI300 Index ended down 1.3%, its lowest closing level since February 2019. The Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.4% to end at its lowest since April, 2022

Record eight-year winning streak seen extending for Indian equities

That's the key takeaway from an informal Bloomberg News survey of 10 fund managers and strategists, seven of whom said the NSE Nifty 50 Index will rise in 2024

Sensex ends 267 pts up; Adani Group stocks shine; Jio Fin dips 5% on debut

CLOSING BELL ON AUGUST 21, 2023: The NSE Nifty 50 ended with a gain of 84 points at 19,394. Jio Financial Services settled at the 5 per cent lower circuit on debut on Monday.

Asian stocks in 2022 suffer biggest foreign outflows since 2008 crisis

After four straight 75-basis point hikes earlier in 2022, the US Federal Reserve raised its overnight borrowing rate by another 50 basis points in December

Festivity on hold for Asian stocks as prospect of rate hikes beckon

Japan is set to tweak its 2% inflation targeting policy, possibly giving the central bank more wiggle room

Asian shares fall, dollar firms ahead of central bank rate hikes

Asian shares fell while the dollar drifted higher at the start of a hectic week, as markets awaited a flurry of rate decisions from the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and others

Asian equities witness highest monthly foreign inflows in two years

Expectations that China would gradually loosen its zero-Covid policy and open up its economy also lifted sentiment

Asian stocks jump after US Fed chair Powell hints at rate hike slowdown

Powell's comments at the Brookings Institution in Washington sent Wall Street equities soaring, while the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields fell

Asia shares take comfort in China property rally, investors eye protests

Shares of Chinese property companies surged after the country's securities regulator lifted a ban on equity refinancing for listed property firms

Stocks, oil skid sharly today as China's Covid protests roil sentiment

China, the world's top oil importer, has stuck with zero-Covid policy even as much of the world has lifted most 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 stocks mixed, dollar finds footing as traders assess Fed outlook

Renewed expectations the Fed will keep hiking rates have increased concerns about the economic outlook

Asian stocks rise on China reopening hopes, track Wall Street movement

Wall Street ended sharply higher Monday as investors focused on Tuesday's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress

China leads Asia stocks higher, dollar advances as Fed rate hikes loom

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.09% higher, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.27%.