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Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall as Japan household spending comes in lower than expected
Office workers cross the street at lunch time near Tokyo Station on Oct. 20, 2022. Stanislav Kogiku | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Friday as investors brace for a crucial jobs report from the U.S. and digest household spending data from Japan. Japan’s household spending data for July […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Rate cuts need to start before inflation’s 2%
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign posted on the window of a business looking to hire workers on May 05, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images News | Getty Images 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 […]
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Nikkei plunges 4%, leading losses in Asia after Wall Street plummets on weak U.S. data
Employees work at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets plunged on Wednesday, led by Japan’s Nikkei 225 after U.S. tech stocks sold off and weak U.S. economic data sparked recession fears. Japan’s Nikkei […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open mixed as investors look toward a packed week of economic data
Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on Monday as investors look toward a packed week of economic data and assess China’s business activity figures released over […]
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Asia markets climb as U.S. jobless and GDP numbers calm recessionary fears; investors assess Japan data
People walk through Shibuya on June 23, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Carl Court | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed Friday after economic data from the U.S. calmed recessionary fears, while investors also assessed a slew of data from Japan. Initial jobless claims in the U.S. fell to 231,000 from the prior week’s 232,000, but were […]
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Tech stocks in Asia fall amid broad declines in the region after Nvidia results
Samsung Electronics’ fourth-generation high bandwidth memory or HBM3 chips have been cleared by Nvidia for use in its processors for the first time, three people briefed on the matter said. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech and chip-related stocks in Asia fell on Thursday, after U.S. chip darling Nvidia reported its second-quarter results […]
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Most Asia markets track declines in key Wall Street indexes; investors assess China industrial profits
An aerial photo is showing containers at Beilun Port in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China, on April 11, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets largely fell on Tuesday, tracking losses in the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq overnight, while investors assessed industrial profit data out of China. China’s industrial profits from January to […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Oil soars as Middle-East tensions spike
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 09, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images 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 […]
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Asia-Pacific markets mostly open stronger ahead of Bank of Korea rate decision; investors assess Fed minutes
People watch the first sunrise of the new year from a footbridge overlooking the city skyline in Seoul on January 1, 2024. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened mostly higher on Thursday, as investors assess flash business activity data from Australia, Japan and India throughout the trading day and keep an […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street extends winning run
Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on August 16, 2024. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images 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 […]
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