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Asia-Pacific stock markets are expected to open mixed on Friday, marking a cautious start to the new year. This movement follows the New Year's Eve close of US markets, where the three major Wall Street indexes weakened, although overall they still posted positive performance for 2025. Several...
Asian stock markets opened with limited movement on Wednesday morning (December 31, 2025), ahead of the year's close. Most indices moved slightly and without a clear direction, reflecting the cautious attitude of investors who chose to hold off before entering the new year. Trading activity also...
Asia-Pacific stock markets mostly fell on Tuesday, as the final days of the year approached. Pressure came from Wall Street, where a sell-off in technology stocks continued due to investor concerns about a potential artificial intelligence (AI) bubble. This negative sentiment spread to Asian...
Asian markets opened trading on December 26, 2025, with mixed movements after the Christmas holiday. Market liquidity remained relatively thin, and most exchanges moved slowly, amid positive sentiment from Wall Street, which recorded a new record close before the holiday. Despite reduced trading...
Asian stocks continued their two-day rally, following positive momentum from Wall Street that fueled a global rally. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index rose 0.3% on Tuesday morning after global stock indexes hit record closing highs. In Japan, the Topix index rose 0.5%, while US index futures edged...
Asia-Pacific stock markets opened higher on Friday, as investors awaited a key decision from the Bank of Japan (BOJ). Markets expect the BOJ to raise interest rates to 0.75%, the highest level since 1995. LSEG data shows an 86.4% chance of a rate hike, amid efforts to curb inflation, which has...
Asian stock markets opened lower following Wall Street's rout, as investors again shunned riskier assets. Stocks in Japan and Australia fell, followed by Hong Kong futures. Pressure came primarily from the technology sector, with the Nasdaq 100 falling 1.9% and Nvidia shares plummeting 3.8% to...
Asian stocks opened lower after weak US employment data did little to change expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index fell 0.1%, extending its decline to a third day. This decline followed Wall Street, where the S&P 500 fell again, although the Nasdaq...
Asia-Pacific stock markets mostly opened lower on Tuesday, following Wall Street's overnight decline. Pressure stemmed from investors exiting artificial intelligence (AI) stocks in the United States. Oracle shares plunged more than 5%, Broadcom fell more than 2%, while Microsoft also posted...
Asian markets opened lower in the last full trading week of 2025, fueled by concerns about the prospects for tech company profits and growing AI spending. The MSCI regional stock index fell around 0.4%, while South Korea, which has been riding the "AI euphoria" for some time, fell more than 2%. In...
Asian stocks opened higher on Friday (December 12) morning after Wall Street and global equity indexes set new records. The MSCI Asia Stock Index rose about 0.5% early in the session, with the Japanese and Australian benchmarks gaining about 1%. Positive sentiment stemmed from the Fed's third...
Asia-Pacific markets opened higher on Thursday morning after the Federal Reserve delivered its third interest rate cut this year. The Fed cut the Fed Funds Rate by 25 bps to a range of 3.5%–3.75% and signaled that the rate-cutting cycle may be temporarily paused. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell...
Asian stock markets moved up slightly at the start of Wednesday's session, after Wall Street's sluggish overnight close, closing almost flat. Benchmark indexes in Australia and Japan rose slightly, while US stock futures barely moved. Meanwhile, Chinese stocks listed in the US actually fell around...
Asian stocks weakened in Tuesday's trading as market participants began to worry about the direction of the Fed's future policy easing, not just the near-certain interest rate cut this week. The MSCI Asia Index fell around 0.2%, with Korean, Japanese, and Australian markets opening lower....
China’s trade surplus roared above $1 trillion in November for the first time ever, despite the ongoing global trade war that has resulted in a steep drop in exports to the U.S. In the first 11 months this year, China’s overall exports grew 5.4% compared to the same period in 2024 while imports...
Asian stock markets started the week cautiously. The MSCI Asia Index fell slightly by 0.1%, in line with weakening US index futures. Australia also weakened, while Japan's Nikkei 225 fell 0.4% amid reports that the Japanese economy shrank again in the third quarter. This situation was exacerbated...
Asia-Pacific stock markets opened lower on Friday, following the sluggish sentiment on Wall Street. In Australia, the ASX/S&P 200 fell 0.17%. In Japan, pressure was stronger: the Nikkei 225 fell 1.36% and the Topix fell 1.12%, as the yield on 10-year Japanese government bonds rose to 1.94%,...
Asian stocks opened higher on Thursday, following gains in US markets. Positive sentiment stemmed from weak US jobs data, bolstering confidence that the Federal Reserve could cut interest rates at its meeting next week. The MSCI Asia stock index rose around 0.2%, while US stock index futures held...
Asia Pacific stock markets opened quietly on Wednesday morning, with investors awaiting the release of key economic data from the United States and signals on interest rate policy from the Federal Reserve. Major indices moved steadily after several days of volatility, indicating market caution...
Asia Pacific stock markets opened cautiously on Tuesday morning, December 2, 2025. Sentiment remained weighed down by the global downturn in early December, the sharp fall in the crypto market, and concerns about rising bond yields, which have made investors more risk-averse. The benchmark Asian...
