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Asia-Pacific markets fall as investors monitor Middle East tensions; Japan’s Nikkei down 1.5%
A MLB store in the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Wednesday morning, following a poor start to the trading month on Wall Street that saw major indexes fall amid rising Middle East tensions. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 opened […]
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CNBC Daily Open: More all-time highs? Yes please
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. What you need to know today All-time high, […]
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Markets across Asia rebound; Chinese markets set to extend gains
Red flags fly at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose on Thursday, with markets in the region rebounding and Chinese markets poised to extend gains. Mainland China’s CSI 300 has notched a five-day winning streak, hitting its highest levels in almost two […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set for mixed open; Hong Kong’s Hang Seng poised to rise 4%
A General view showing the Hong Kong Skyline in Hong Kong, Saturday, May 22, 2021. (Photo by Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed on Wednesday, with futures for Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index suggesting a 4% rise for the index at open. HSI […]
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Chinese stocks lead Asia gains as PBOC announces slew of policy easing measures in rare briefing
Buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Tuesday, led by Chinese stocks as Beijing announced a slew of policy easing measures in a rare briefing from central bank governor Pan Gongsheng. The PBOC will cut the reserve requirement […]
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Japan’s Nikkei leads gains in Asia Pacific after Wall Street soars on Fed’s jumbo rate cut
A Japanese flag is displayed as shoppers and pedestrians walk past stores at a shopping street in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher on Friday with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading gains, after Wall Street soared overnight following the Federal Reserve’s outsized rate cut. […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Markets need time to digest the 50-point cut
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors digest outsized Fed rate cut
The Bank of Japan headquarters is seen in Tokyo on January 30, 2017. The Bank of Japan will pull the plug on its eight-year negative interest rate policy in April, according to more than 80% of economists polled by Reuters, marking a long-awaited major shift from a global outlier central bank. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | […]
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Asia-Pacific markets mostly rise as investors await Federal Reserve’s rate decision
Vehicles bound for shipment parked in front of the Dream Angel vehicles carrier ship at the Nagoya Port in Nagoya, Japan, on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Fred Mery | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Wednesday, following gains on Wall Street that saw both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average reach new highs. Investors […]
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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors look ahead to Fed meeting
Containers are loaded on the premises of the port operator PSA, the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), at the Port of Singapore on 14 June 2022. Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Most Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Tuesday, following a mixed trading session on Wall Street as investors prepare for the Federal […]
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