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MacBook, iPad production delayed as supply crunch hits Apple: Report

Production of some of Apple Inc's MacBooks and iPads has been postponed due to a global component shortage, the Nikkei reported on Thursday.

Asia shares mostly higher after US gains for fifth day on Wall Street

Asian shares mostly rose on Tuesday, cheered by a rally to all-time highs on Wall Street. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.6 per cent to 29,953.97. South Korea's Kospi added 0.3 per cent to 3,054.77. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 1.1 per cent to 6,846.20. Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.5 per cent to 28,971.04, while the Shanghai Composite inched down nearly 0.1 per cent to 3,417.02. The slower rollouts of the coronavirus vaccine in Asia, compared to the US and Europe, continues to put investors in the region in a cautionary mode, although South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and other nations have had fewer deaths. Weighing on sentiment is news that the vaccine from AstraZeneca had had reports blood clots after usage, whether or not a side-effect, (that) have resulted in a precautionary' suspension in Europe," said Venkateswaran Lavanya of Mizuho Bank in Singapore. This has setback Europe's vaccination progress even more starkly compared to the US, Lavanya said in a report. The news is

Indices end lower for 2nd day; Sensex drops 441 pts but up 2.5% this week

On the upside, ONGC, Maruti Suzuki, Nestle India, Titan, Reliance Industries, and L&T supported the markets with up to 2.5 per cent gains

Asian shares track Wall Street fall as bond yields rebound; Nikkei down 2%

Asian shares fell Thursday, tracking a decline on Wall Street as another rise in bond yields rattled investors who worry that higher inflation may prompt central banks to raise ultra-low interest rates. Benchmarks were lower in most major markets and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen. Shares have yoyo'd recently with fluctuations in bond yields. When yields rise quickly, as they have in recent weeks, it forces Wall Street to rethink the value of stocks. Technology stocks are most vulnerable to this reassessment after having soared during the pandemic, making them look pricier than the rest of the market. US government bond yields rose Wednesday after easing a day earlier. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was steady at 1.47 per cent early Thursday. The dial ticks back to rising bond yield concerns, between that and the broad risk-on mood derived from the global economic recovery, Jingyi Pan of IG said in a report. She noted that stocks more affected by ups an

Asian shares nudge higher as investors shrug concerns, dollar soft

Wall Street had retreated overnight after beginning March with a bang, with the S&P 500 staging its best one-day rally in nine months on Monday

Resurgent market evokes memories of long-gone bubble on Tokyo's exchange

The party came to an end when the stocks bubble burst in the early 1990s. Yamaichi was one of four major banks and brokerages that collapsed in 1997

Asian shares rise as risk assets shine, Australian central bank eyed

Demand for riskier assets did not slug the dollar, usually regarded as a safe-haven currency

Asian stocks bounce as bond market calms as US preps for stimulus

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1%, after shedding 3.7% last Friday'

Asia stocks skid as global inflation fears, tech woes hit Wall Street

U.S. Treasury yields vaulted to their highest since the pandemic began on expectations of a strong economic expansion and related inflation

Asian stocks open higher as US Fed's Powell nixes inflation fears

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.90% in early trade while Japan's Nikkei 225 added 1.37%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures rose 0.92%

Asia share market edges up as bond yields, resources steal the show

Japan's Nikkei recouped 1.0% and South Korea 0.4%, while E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 were a fraction firmer

Asian markets offer mixed signals as investors juggle stimulus, pandemic

Dow Jones Industrial Average scored another record closing high on Tuesday, climbing 0.2%. The S&P 500 fell 0.06%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.34%

Sensex ends flat after volatile trade, holds 52k; IT stks dip, metals shine

The broader markets ended higher today with the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settling 0.2 per cent and 0.43 per cent up, respectively

Japan's Nikkei back above 30,000 mark after more than three decades

The break of 30,000 could open the way for test of all-time high of 38,957, touched at the end of 1989

D-Street party continues; Sensex ends 610 pts higher at 52,154; banks rally

The Nifty Bank index stole the show and hit a new peak of 37,309 levels, up 1,200 points in the intra-day trade. The index closed 1,197 points, or 3.3 per cent, higher at 37,306 levels

Global markets: Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei hits record high in 30 years

The Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei index reached record highs since August 1990 at Monday opening, the Kyodo news agency reports

Asian shares under pressure over new Covid cases, doubts on vaccine supply

The benchmark is below the record high of 727.31 touched last week but up 8.5 per cent so far in January, on track for its fourth straight monthly rise

US stimulus fix propels Asian shares, Nikkei zooms to 30-year high

Japan's Nikkei leapt 1.63% to its highest since August 1990, while shares in China rose 0.1%

Asian shares jump on US stimulus, Japan's Nikkei hits 29-year high

Asian shares jumped, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk appetites

Asian stocks hit record high as investors set aside Covid-19 fears

Asian equities hit a record high on Monday as investors set aside fears about rising coronavirus cases and bought stocks, cheered by data showing a robust recovery in China and Japan