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Asia-Pacific markets set to open mixed as investors bet on Fed rate cut
CNBC Pro: Buy or avoid India’s IT stocks after recent job cuts? 3 pros share their take Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. Investors are awaiting the release of a slew of employment-related data from Australia. Economists polled by Reuters expect an increase of 25,000 employed individuals in July, […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set for mixed open ahead of RBA rate decision, key U.S. inflation data
U.S. futures mostly move up in early Asia hours Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. The U.S.-China trade truce extension overnight has allowed the world’s largest economies more room to negotiate a deal. Investors, meanwhile, await the Australian central bank’s rate decision. The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as two key Wall Street benchmarks fall
Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Friday. As of 8:12 a.m. Singapore time (8:12 p.m. ET Thursday), Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark rose 1.18% while the broader Topix index added 0.87%. In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.13% while the small-cap Kosdaq increased by 0.65%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark was down […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: India’s oil options in a post-Russia world
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. The big story If refineries are the oil industry’s children, India’s got plenty of mouths to feed — and U.S. tariff threats over Russian crude are imperiling a distinctly affordable meal ticket. This week, U.S. President Donald Trump […]
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Asia markets set to open lower as investors weigh Trump’s vow on fresh chip tariffs
U.S. equity futures ticked up in early Asia hours Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. Investors will be keeping a close watch on chip stocks following U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to impose 100% tariffs on imported semiconductors and chips, unless they are made by companies “building in the […]
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Asia-Pacific stocks set to slip as investors weigh tariffs, OPEC+ output hike
Investors will be keeping a watch on oil prices after OPEC+ agreed to raise production to 547,000 barrels per day in September. Source
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Asia-Pacific markets fall after Trump modifies tariff rates
Asia-Pacific markets start the day lower Asia-Pacific markets started the day lower Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark fell 0.65%, while the broader Topix index was flat as of 8:15 a.m. Singapore time (8:15 p.m. ET Thursday). In South Korea, the Kospi index dropped 1.73%, while the small-cap Kosdaq declined by 2.1%. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark […]
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CNBC’s Inside India newsletter: Why an India-U.K. trade deal does not make U.S.-India agreement any easier
CNBC reporter Ganesh Rao with India Commerce Secretary Piyush Goyal © George Bextor, CNBC Hello, this is Ganesh Rao, CNBC’s senior correspondent, writing from London. This week, I look into India’s willingness and limitations to strike trade deals after I sat down with the country’s Commerce Secretary Piyush Goyal. Enjoy! This report is from this […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors assess U.S.’ 15% tariffs on South Korea; await Bank of Japan’s rate decision
Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 benchmark moved up 0.21% while the broader Topix index ticked up 0.28%, as of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. ET Wednesday). In South Korea, the Kospi index fell 0.14% while the small-cap Kosdaq was flat. Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark fell […]
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Asia-Pacific markets poised for mixed open as traders await details of U.S-China talks
Here are the opening calls for the day Good morning from Singapore. Investors will be keeping a close watch on Chinese markets following reports that the country will resume trade talks with the U.S. in Stockholm on Monday to discuss longstanding economic disputes. The talks will be led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese […]
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