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Major Asian stocks close up, Nikkei rebounds 2.88%
January 13th, 2016
Asia markets closed mostly higher, with some major indexes rebounding Wednesday, in a sign of returning stability even in the face of lingering worries about China and falling commodity prices. That follows a volatile start to the year, in ...
Asia markets close lower, Nikkei 225 slips 2.71%
January 12th, 2016
Asia’s major markets closed mostly lower, with investor sentiment in the region remaining fragile as oil prices continued to slide and China concerns weighed. The Australian market erased its morning gains to slip into negative territory, with the main ASX ...
Major Asian markets close higher after Nikkei, Kospi erase early losses
December 29th, 2015
Asian equities closed higher on the second day of 2015’s final week, after the Japanese and South Korean markets erased morning losses and the Australian market totted up a more than 1 percent gain. That’s a turnaround from earlier ...
Nikkei closes up, ASX hits one-month low
December 11th, 2015
Asian markets closed mixed on Friday, despite Wall Street’s positive finish overnight, as record low oil prices weighed resources plays and China shares traded in negative territory as another top executive was reported missing by local media. “Most investors ...
Nikkei, Shanghai outperform lackluster Asia
November 9th, 2015
Asian stocks diverged on Monday, with markets in China and Japan leaping to their highest levels since August 21 while other regional bourses wobbled after below-view trade figures released at the weekend from China. October exports fell 6.9 percent from a ...
Asia shares lag behind Nikkei, euro firm for ECB
October 21st, 2015
Asian shares turned mixed on Wednesday as soft export data kept investors cautious ahead of the European Central Bank‘s policy meeting later in the week, though Japan’s market was having a go at setting a new peak for the ...
Asian shares firm on resurgent oil, Nikkei falls on BOJ
October 7th, 2015
Asian stocks hit a seven-week high on Wednesday as oil prices showed some signs of life, supporting battered resource shares and emerging economy currencies, while Tokyo shares fell after the Bank of Japan stood pat on policy. MSCI’s broadest ...
Asian shares mixed, with Nikkei at 2-week lows
September 24th, 2015
Asian shares traded mixed on Thursday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lagging behind its regional peers after returning from a three-day national holiday earlier in the week. The triple whammy of an uninspiring lead from Wall Street overnight, a modestly stronger yen and ...
Japan’s Nikkei 225 Rises 7.7% for Biggest Gain Since October 2008
September 9th, 2015
Investors buy back in after valuations hit 11-month low Topix surges most since 2011 as all 33 industry groups rise Japanese stocks soared, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average staging the steepest advance since the aftermath of the 2008 ...
Nikkei Leads Asia Markets Higher, Seoul Boosted by Rate Cut
June 11th, 2015
Nikkei Stock Average rises, South Korea breaks four-day losing streak Stocks in Asia rebounded Thursday, with a weaker yen lifting Japan and a rate cut in South Korea helping shares there break a four-day losing streak. The Nikkei Stock ...
