Search Results for: Nikkei 225
Japan stocks sink 3% on global tensions
August 8th, 2014
U.S. stock futures were seeing red on Friday as stocks in Japan traded sharply lower. Jitters over the crises in Iraq and Ukraine appeared to be denting investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index led Asian declines, sliding almost 3% ...
Futures drop after Wall Street sell-off
August 1st, 2014
U.S. stock futures traded lower on Friday following a big sell-off on Wall Street. Most Asian stock markets declined but losses were limited by upbeat reports on China’s economy. Dow futures fell 0.34%, S&P 500 futures were down 0.37% ...
Stocks futures lower Friday
July 25th, 2014
Stock futures were lower Friday ahead of the start of regular trading. Here is where major market indexes stood before the opening bell (Last updated at 4:15 a.m.) Dow: – 0.02% S&P 500: – 0.05% Nasdaq: – 0.21% Japan’s ...
Stock futures mixed Thursday
July 24th, 2014
Stock futures were mixed Thursday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market indexes stood before the start of regular trading (Last updated 4:10 a.m.) Dow: – 0.13% S&P 500: – 0.11% Nasdaq: +0.02% Asian markets were ...
Stock futures higher Tuesday
July 22nd, 2014
Despite mixed corporate earnings reports on Monday and ongoing tensions in Ukraine and the Middle East, investors were pushing U.S. stock futures higher Tuesday ahead of the opening bell. Here is where major market index futures stood ahead of ...
Wall Street stock futures decline
July 17th, 2014
U.S. stock futures were seeing slight declines early Thursday. Dow futures were off 0.02%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.33% and Nasdaq futures dipped 0.26%. In Asia, Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.06% to 15, 370.26. Wall Street closed higher ...
Japan Leads Global Volatility Decline to Seven-Year Low
July 15th, 2014
Across global stock markets, nowhere is calm descending faster than in Japan. The Nikkei Stock Average Volatility Index, which tracks the cost of options on the Nikkei 225 (NKY) Stock Average, tumbled 33 percent this year to 15.3 yesterday, ...
Asian shares higher as earnings lift Wall Street
July 15th, 2014
Asian stocks markets were mostly higher Tuesday, fortified by Wall Street’s growing optimism over U.S. corporate earnings and hopes for encouraging economic data in China. China, the world’s No. 2 economy, is due to report its second quarter GDP ...
Asian stocks rebound after portuguese bank scare
July 14th, 2014
Asian stocks rebounded Monday from jitters about a struggling Portuguese bank as investors looked ahead to a busy week of data releases in the U.S., China and Europe. Oil edged up to stay above $100 after tumbling more than ...
Asian Stocks Slip With Won on Portugal as Gold Holds Gain
July 11th, 2014
Asia’s benchmark stock index headed for its first weekly loss since May 9, the cost of insuring bonds in the region climbed and the yen maintained gains with gold amid concern that Europe’s debt problems haven’t been resolved. South ...
