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Asia-Pacific markets set to rise as Wall Street looks past trade developments
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Asia-Pacific markets set to rise as Wall Street looks past trade developments

Classic Chinese courtyard featuring a stage and red lanterns hanging Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly climb Wednesday, as Wall Street rose overnight, shrugging off Trump tariffs and China’s retaliation to measures. All eyes will be on China, which will resume trading after the Lunar New Year holidays. The […]

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Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico
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Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico

Tokyo Tower, Tokyo’s famous landmark, rises high above the skyscrapers in Azabu, Roppongi and Toranomon districts. A tilt-shift lens was used in order to obtain a miniature effect. Krzysztof Baranowski | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday after Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for a month, while Canada also said the U.S. president […]

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Japan stocks set to rise while Aussie market opens higher, as Wall Street rises
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Japan stocks set to rise while Aussie market opens higher, as Wall Street rises

Crowded and busy Ameyoko shopping street in Tokyo, Japan Visualspace | E+ | Getty Images Japan stocks were set to rise Friday after Wall Street rose overnight as investors assessed Big Tech earnings. Futures for Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 in Chicago were at 39,715, while their counterpart in Osaka last traded at 39,580, against the […]

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Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street gains as Trump pushes for rate cuts
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Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street gains as Trump pushes for rate cuts

Osaka, Japan. Jiale Tan | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Friday, after the S&P 500 hit record highs on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump called for lower interest rates and cheaper oil prices. Japan’s core inflation rate rose to a 16-month high at 3% in December, year on year, boosting the case […]

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Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street gains; South Korea unexpectedly keeps rates unchanged
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Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street gains; South Korea unexpectedly keeps rates unchanged

People walk inside the Korea Exchange (KRX) building, as stock markets in Asia as a whole have been affected by the intensifying political turmoil over president Yoon Suk Yeol’s role in martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 9, 2024. Daniel Ceng | Anadolu | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Thursday, after U.S. markets […]

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Asia markets rise as investors assess U.S. inflation data, Japan business sentiment
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Asia markets rise as investors assess U.S. inflation data, Japan business sentiment

Pedestrians walk past Japanese national flags decorating a street in the popular tourist area of Ginza as people do last minute shopping before the New Year’s holidays, in central Tokyo on December 30, 2024.  Richard A. Brooks | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Wednesday, following a softer-than-expected inflation data from the U.S. that […]

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Asia-Pacific markets slip as investors assess Japan pay and household spending data
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Asia-Pacific markets slip as investors assess Japan pay and household spending data

A customer places a Japanese 10,000 yen banknote on a checkout counter while making a purchase at an Akidai YK supermarket in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, June 27, 2022. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell Friday, with investors assessing November pay and household spending out from Japan. Real household spending […]

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Asia markets set to fall as inflation worries may impede Fed rate cuts; China inflation data in focus
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Asia markets set to fall as inflation worries may impede Fed rate cuts; China inflation data in focus

Customers shopping for vegetables at a supermarket in Nanjing, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to fall Thursday after U.S. stocks ended a choppy session slightly higher as the Federal Reserve meeting minutes signaled interest rates could stay higher for longer due to sticky inflation. Investors in Asia also await […]

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Asia-Pacific markets rise after tech rally lifts Wall Street higher
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Asia-Pacific markets rise after tech rally lifts Wall Street higher

Workers are processing chips at a workshop of an optoelectronic technology company in Huai’an, China, on May 11, 2024.  Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 rebounded after leading losses in Asia on Monday, climbing 0.77%, while the broad-based Topix gained 0.45%. South Korea’s Kospi advanced 0.97%, with chip heavyweights Samsung Electronics and […]

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Asia markets poised to open mixed ahead of key business activity readings from China and India
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Asia markets poised to open mixed ahead of key business activity readings from China and India

Investors are also watching the market reaction in China after the PBOC said over the weekend it would implement a “moderately loose” monetary policy in 2025. Source

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