Asian Stock Market

In a matter of weeks, the highly contagious disease has pushed the world to the brink of a recession more severe than the 2008 financial crisis. The Photo shows a visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, on March 2, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asia's share markets edge up on recovery signals

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up by 0.05% on the back of a positive lead from Wall Street overnight

Asian shares wobble ahead of Fed outcome and earnings
Global Economy

Asian shares wobble ahead of Fed outcome and earnings

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asia shares bounce on strong China trade data

The MSCI Asia Pacific Index is up just 3.3% year-to-date, compared with a gain of almost 10% each for equity benchmarks in the US and Europe. Photo: Bloomberg
Global Economy

Asia’s positive stock outlook is clouded by Chinese selloff

Passerby walk past an electric screen showing Asian markets indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, July 1, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asian shares climb to three-week highs on vaccine optimism, dollar retreats

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Global Economy

Asian equities witness foreign outflows for third month in March

Asian shares, currencies tread lower; Indian shares drop as cases spike
Global Economy

Asian shares, currencies tread lower; Indian shares drop as cases spike

A man stands on an overpass with an electronic board showing Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indexes, at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

Asia set to follow US stocks higher as dollar, bond yields ease