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Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors await China inflation data
19 November 2025, China, Shanghai: Boats sail past downtown Shanghai on the Huangpu River. The tallest building on the skyline is the Shanghai Tower (rear). Bernd von Jutrczenka | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Friday as investors awaited China’s inflation data coming out later in the day. China’s consumer price […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open as Trump rattles defense firms and oil prices slide
SHENZHEN, CHINA – AUGUST 26: An aerial view of the Shenzhen skyline on August 26, 2020 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by He Shaoping/VCG via Getty Images) Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Thursday after Wall Street closed in the red on growing geopolitical […]
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Asian defense stocks pull back amid mixed regional trading, geopolitical uncertainty
Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Asian defense stocks snapped a two-day winning streak amid mixed trading in the region, as investors continued to assess geopolitical risks after […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Investors had much to cheer in 2025 — but 2026’s starting out rocky
A trader wears “2026” glasses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images May this year prove as lucrative as 2025, when the S&P 500 rallied 16.39% mostly on the back of enthusiasm over artificial intelligence. Other […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open higher after U.S. captures Venezuela’s Maduro, oil slips
The skyline of Tokyo city, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open higher Monday, after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and captured its leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday, while oil prices edged lower amid uncertainty over the oil-rich country and risk premiums. Following the attack, Maduro and his wife, […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to start 2026 on a mixed note
People celebrate the New Year at the Bank of China building in Central in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2026. Lam Yik | Reuters Asia-Pacific markets are set to open mixed Friday to kick off the new year. All three major indexes in the U.S. pulled back on New Year’s Eve, but still clocked gains […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open mostly lower on penultimate day of the year
Aerial view by drone of Tokyo Cityscape with Tokyo Sky Tree visible in Tokyo city, Japan on sunrise. pongnathee kluaythong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly fall Tuesday, after the tech sell-down on Wall Street continued on AI bubble fears. Nvidia shares dropped more than 1% Monday stateside, giving back some […]
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Asia markets open higher amid holiday-thinned trade; silver hits fresh high
TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and […]
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Asia markets trade mixed in thin Christmas Eve trading
SHANGHAI, CHINA – The German Christmas Market is lit up at the Bund Central Square near Nanjing Road Pedestrian street in Shanghai, December 15, 2022. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday amid thinner trading as several indexes are set […]
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Asia-Pacific markets climb after AI trade lifts Wall Street overnight
An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Tuesday, after AI trade lifted major Wall Street indexes overnight. Nvidia shares rose more than 1% after Reuters said the company was looking to […]
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