A general view of the Shanghai Securities Exchange building is being shown in Shanghai, China, on July 16, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets closed higher on Thursday, following gains on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average reach new records as investors shrugged off…
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024. Noriko Hayashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher on Thursday, following gains on Wall Street that saw the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average reach new records as…
An aerial view shows the Central Bank of India building, in Mumbai, India, 28 September, 2022. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rebounded on Wednesday following a broad decline in the previous session and as Wall Street rallied overnight. Chinese markets were the outlier, tumbling…
Shoppers on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese investors are looking for more policy direction from China’s top economic planning body on Tuesday, when mainland markets return from a week-long holiday. A panel of senior officials from the National Development and Reform…
A pump jack in Midland, Texas, US, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. Anthony Prieto | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices pared gains in early trade on Monday after charting their biggest weekly rise in over a year on Friday amid mounting threats of a region-wide war in the Middle East. Brent crude futures fell 43 cents,…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – MARCH 7, 2023 – The Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai Tower, Jinmao Tower and World Financial Center are seen on Lujiazui Street, Shanghai, China, March 7, 2023. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images China stocks will keep rising after markets in the mainland reopen following the Golden Week break, analysts predicted….
The Tokyo Tower, left, and commercial and residential buildings in Minato district of Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets are set to open lower on Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street, with concerns over Middle East tensions keeping…
Pedestrians cross a road in front of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg via Getty Images Hong Kong stocks plunged on Thursday as the China stimulus rally appeared to ease. The Hang Seng index fell 3%, coming…
The dollar rose to a one-month high versus the yen on Thursday as robustness in the U.S. jobs market backed the idea that the Federal Reserve does not need to rush to cut interest rates. Iryna Ustenko | Istock | Getty Images The dollar rose to a one-month high versus the yen on Thursday as…
A MLB store in the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Wednesday morning, following a poor start to the trading month on Wall Street that saw major indexes fall amid rising Middle East tensions. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 opened…