Japan Stocks Lead Gains in Asia Ahead of US Payrolls Report
Japanese equities led the gains in Asia on the final trading day of the week on optimism that January's U.S. jobs…
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Asian Stocks Decline After China Data; Malaysia at Record Highs
Asian equity markets declined in tepid trade on Tuesday as investors digested a raft of Chinese economic reports…
Japan’s Nikkei Average Ends above 16,000
Japanese stocks rose Wednesday after a lower open, managing solid gains with most other Asian markets were closed…
Asian Shares Shine, Nikkei at Six-Year Closing High
Asian markets took cheer on Tuesday after Wall Street rang up more records and upbeat U.S. spending data burnished…
Asia Shares Inch Ahead, China Money Rates Spike Anew
Asian stocks crept cautiously higher on Monday encouraged by record highs on Wall Street, though an on-going…
Asia Stocks Get Support from China, U.S. Data
Asian stocks jumped higher on Monday after strong economic data from the world’s two largest economies helped…
Nikkei 225 Rises to 2007 High as Yen Falls to May Low
Japanese stocks rose, with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average climbing to an almost six-year high, as the yen fell…
Asian Shares Hit by Fed Taper Anxiety, BOJ Sounds Easy
Asian shares hit the skids and the dollar stood tall on Tuesday as a batch of upbeat U.S. economic data confirmed…
Asian Stocks Swing Between Gains, Losses on China, U.S.
Asian stocks swung between gains and losses as gauges China’s manufacturing growth beat analyst estimates and…
Nikkei Hits Highest Close in Nearly Six Years; Rupiah, Baht Slide
Asian shares were in a buoyant mood, with Japanese stocks hitting their highest close in nearly six years…
Japanese Stocks Eye 2013 Peak as Dollar Breaks above 101 Yen
Japanese stocks scaled six-month peaks on Friday as the yen took a spill, while other Asian markets lagged as…
Asian Stocks Outside Japan Fall Before China Plenum Ends
Asian stocks outside Japan fell as investors await the conclusion tomorrow of a meeting ofChina’s leaders on…
Asian Shares Struggle, Euro Near 1-Week High Ahead of ECB
Asian stocks struggled on Thursday as investors waited for stimulus-sensitive U.S. payroll data, although the…
Japan Shares Make Solo Gains, Euro Pares Losses
Most Asian markets refused to budge on Wednesday in the face of uncertainty over monetary policy in the United…
Asian Shares Slip in Lackluster Trade, Dollar Holds Firm
Asian stocks eased on Monday in sluggish trade as investors chose discretion over valor ahead of central bank…
Asian Stock Markets Fall, Dollar Near 2-Year Low Vs Euro
A stronger yen depressed Japanese stocks on Friday, while the dollar was hemmed in near a two-year low against the…
Asian Stocks Hunker down As U.S. Debt Deadline Looms
Asian stocks marked time on Wednesday with nervous investors praying that frantic talks in Washington to avert a…
Asia Stocks Rebound on Upbeat China Data
Asian shares turned higher Thursday, shaking off a weak start following an encouraging reading on non-manufacturing…
Nikkei Drops for Second Day As U.S. Government Shutdown Drags on
Japan's Nikkei stock average dropped for a second day on Thursday as investors fretted about the U.S.…
Japan Retreats, Australia Climbs in Choppy Trade
Asian stocks wavered in choppy trade Friday on caution ahead of the month’s end and a long weekend in the U.S.,…
Asian Stocks, Currencies Start New Week on Calmer Note
Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a…
Japan Stocks End Higher; China Car Shares Gain
Japanese stocks climbed Wednesday on a weakened yen and a positive lead from Wall Street, while Australian shares…
Asia Stocks Set to Snap Longest Winning Streak Since Jan.
Asia’s benchmark stock index is on course to snap its longest weekly winning streak since January after Nikon Corp.…
Japan Stocks Slammed by Firm Yen As Asia Retreats
Asian stock markets ended lower Wednesday after overnight losses in the U.S. on monetary-policy concerns, with…
Asian Stocks Advance on China PMI, Fed as Yen Weakens
Stocks in Asia and Europe jumped as U.S. stock-index futures climbed after China’s manufacturing…
Asian Stocks Rise After Alcoa Results, China Data
Most Asian markets rebounded Tuesday after a higher finish on Wall Street and better-than-expected results from…
Japan, Korea Stocks Rally amid Fed Hopes
Japanese and South Korean stocks jumped Thursday on hopes the Federal Reserve will maintain its bond purchases for…
Most Asian Stocks Rise as Shanghai Falls Again
Stocks in Hong Kong and Australia posted solid gains Wednesday as a positive lead from Wall Street helped a rebound…
Japan Stocks Rebound, As Hong Kong Wavers
Japanese stocks rebounded Tuesday to take back some of the steep losses they suffered the previous day as banks and…
Asian Stocks Fall as U.S. Data Stokes Fed Exit Concern
Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index heading for a third day of losses, after improving U.S.…
Volatile Nikkei Keeps Asian Stocks on Edge
Asian stocks fell to one-month lows on Friday and the yen rebounded broadly as extreme volatility in the Nikkei…
Japan, Hong Kong Stocks Lead Asia Gains
Stocks in Hong Kong and Japan jumped to lead Asian markets higher Monday, tracking a positive global lead after key…
Japan Leads Asia Rally After China Trade Data
Japanese stocks rallied on toward five-year highs Wednesday, outperforming other Asia markets, which also traded…