Global Stock Market

Global Stock Market

Pedestrians are reflected on a stock quotation board showing a graph of Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Stocks jolted by valuation fears, tech sector hit hard

Sellers were particularly harsh on both the Japanese and South Korean markets as some of the stocks of companies that had made dizzying rallies recently took a beating

A man looks at a stock quotation board displaying the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Manami Yamada/File Photo

Asia stocks tumble from record highs on profit taking; dollar gains

Gold jewellery is displayed at a shop in New Delhi, India, March 1, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee

Shares mixed, gold retreats as investors take profits

A person walks near a screen showing US President Donald Trump meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, at the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, US, August 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Investors react to US-Russia summit reaching no agreement

Raindrops hang on a sign for Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records; Deckers soars on UGG demand

A passerby is reflected on an electronic screen displaying a graph showing recent Japan's Nikkei share average movements outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Shares rally, oil slumps as Iran-Israel ceasefire goes into effect

US President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, May 25, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Asian stocks, euro gain after Trump delays EU tariffs

A man walks past an electronic screen displaying stock quotation board in Tokyo, Japan April 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File photo

Asia fights drag from Wall St as US assets buckle

A screen displaying the Hang Seng stock index is seen at Central district, in Hong Kong, China, April 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Stocks dive in Asia, markets hunger for rapid US rate cuts

US President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media aboard Air Force One before landing in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, March 28, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Trump compares tariffs to 'medicine' as markets point to rough week ahead

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, April 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

JP Morgan sees 60% chance of global recession

A visitor stands next to an electronic screen displaying Japan's Nikkei stock prices quotation board as the average surged past an all-time record high scaled in December 1989, inside a building in Tokyo, Japan February 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Asia equities slide with US stock futures on China's AI push; dollar firms

Monitors displaying the stock index prices and Japanese yen exchange rate against the US dollar are seen after the New Year ceremony marking the opening of trading in 2022 at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan January 4, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato

World shares start 2025 with a wobble on Trump trepidation