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Japan’s Nikkei jumps 2% to lead gains in Asia as traders assess U.S. inflation data, await BOJ meeting
Japan’s Mount Fuji seen in the Tokyo’s horizon on January 1, 2011. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Monday, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 leading gains in the region after a key U.S. inflation report late last Friday raised hopes for an interest rate cut. The Nikkei rose 2.02%, while the […]
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Most Asia-Pacific markets rebound after sell-off as investors assess Tokyo CPI, await U.S. inflation data
Center street shibuya. David Gee | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly rebounded Friday, after Thursday’s sell-off saw some indexes in the region hit their lowest level in months. In Asia, traders assessed July inflation data out of Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, which is widely considered a leading indicator of nationwide trends. Tokyo’s […]
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Japan’s Nikkei drops 3% as Asia-Pacific markets slide, tracking Wall Street sell-off
In a photo taken on November 4, 2019 a subway train crosses a rail bridge over the Han river, before the skyline of the Yeouido business district of Seoul. Ed Jones | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 extended its six-day losing streak to plunge 3%, leading losses among Asian indexes as the region […]
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Asia markets are mixed as traders assess Japan, Aussie business activity data and U.S. tech earnings
An aerial view of the central business district and Sydney Opera House on February 17, 2023. David Gray | Getty Images News | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 0.19%, while the broad-based Topix was down 0.35%. Flash data from the au Jibun Bank showed that the country’s business activity returned to growth. Japan’s composite […]
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Asia-Pacific markets climb, tracking gains on Wall Street; yen intervention suspected
Cherry trees in bloom near the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, April 7, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose on Wednesday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 closed at record highs overnight as traders become increasingly bullish on interest rate cuts. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose […]
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Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on the back of Fed chair’s rate cut comments
China’s biggest policy meeting in six years kicks will kick off this week. Wang Yukun | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets open mixed on Tuesday as traders in Asia react to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s comments that the central bank will not wait until inflation hits 2% to cut interest rates. Powell indicated that […]
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Asia markets mostly slip as investors assess assassination attempt on Trump, await China Third Plenum
View of the central business district skyline at sunset in Beijing, China. Sheng Peng | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Monday as investors awaited China’s Third Plenum and also assessed an assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally over the weekend. David Roche, president of […]
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