Asia Stock Market

Screens showing the Hang Seng stock index and stock prices are seen outside Exchange Square, in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Global Economy

Shares edge higher in Asia, Nikkei futures near record top

While Japan's stock market was closed for a holiday, futures pushed up to 42,380 and suggested the cash index will test its all-time high of 42,426 this week

Passersby chat in front of an electric board displaying the Nikkei stock average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, September 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Global Economy

Asia stocks slip, bitcoin at record high as Trump trade whipsaws markets

An electronic screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average is pictured in Tokyo, Japan March 4, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Global Economy

Markets brace for US election showdown in event-packed week

A view of the Beijing Stock Exchange at the Financial Street, in Beijing, China, November 15, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File photo
Global Economy

Asia stocks hit 2-1/2-year high on China's stimulus measures

Asia stocks in pensive mood for earnings-packed week
Stocks

Asia stocks in pensive mood for earnings-packed week

A man wearing a protective mask, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, walks past an electronic board displaying Russian Trading System (RTS) Index, Japan's Nikkei index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asia stocks stagger into September as dollar spikes

People wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are reflected on an electronic board displaying Japan's stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 5, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asian shares join global rally on softer-than-expected US inflation

Passersby wearing protective face masks are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 10, 2020. Photo: Reuters
Global Economy

Asia shares subdued, dollar encouraged by US rate risk

FILE PHOTO - Pedestrians wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, are reflected on an electronic board displaying various company’s stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, February 25, 2022. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Global Economy

Asia shares stay sluggish, dollar resumes retreat

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asia stocks tick up from one-year low, China gains on RRR cut

Passersby wearing protective masks are reflected on an electronic board displaying stock prices outside a brokerage amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan, September 29, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Stocks slip, havens rally as new Covid-19 variant spooks investors