Yen soars, stocks slump as BOJ holds policy, pushes back inflation target
The Bank of Japan held off from expanding monetary stimulus on Thursday, defying market expectations for action…
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Asian shares trim early gains, yen soars as BOJ stuns markets
Asian stocks surrendered early gains in chaotic trade on Thursday and the yen surged against the dollar after the…
Asia stocks slip with central banks in focus, oil holds gains
Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday, as investors stayed cautious ahead of U.S. and Japanese central bank…
Asian stocks retreat ahead of Fed, BOJ meetings
Asian stocks retreated on Tuesday as investors braced for central bank policy meetings in the United States and…
Upside limited for 2016 even as earnings bottom
Even with a spate of high-profile earnings disappointments in recent days from the likes of Caterpillar, Microsoft…
Wall Street ends flat; Alphabet and Microsoft tumble
Wall Street finished flat on Friday after disappointing quarterly reports from Microsoft and Alphabet slammed tech…
Oil price’s decline weighs on global stock markets
Stocks fell around the world on Wednesday as the price of crude declined after a strike by Kuwaiti oil workers…
Asian shares scale fresh four-month highs; dollar up
Asian stocks rose to their highest levels in more than four months on Thursday and regional currencies weakened led…
Japan leads Asia stocks higher, oil buoyant as dollar sags
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, led by a rebound in Japanese shares as investors hunted for bargains, and commodities…
Asia shares shrug off losses, dollar wallows
Asian stocks erased early losses and edged up on Monday as Chinese inflation data fanned optimism Beijing will…