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CNBC Daily Open: Shiny September days for stocks
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CNBC Daily Open: Shiny September days for stocks

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters 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 […]

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Here’s why Japan’s stocks are plunging after Shigeru Ishiba’s win
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Here’s why Japan’s stocks are plunging after Shigeru Ishiba’s win

Skyline of Tokyo, Japan. Jackyenjoyphotography | Moment | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 tumbled over 4% on Monday, following a mixed set of economic data out of Japan and as traders reacted to the election of incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Japan’s August retail sales climbed 2.8% year on year, beating Reuters poll estimates of a 2.3% […]

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Japan’s Nikkei set to plunge 6% with Asia markets on course for mixed open ahead of China data
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Japan’s Nikkei set to plunge 6% with Asia markets on course for mixed open ahead of China data

A cycler passes the entrance to the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) headquarters building in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo on May 2, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei was set to over plunge 6% Monday while broader Asia markets were on course for a mixed open ahead of key economic […]

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Asia-Pacific markets set to extend gains amid China stimulus optimism; Hong Kong to rise 3% on open
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Asia-Pacific markets set to extend gains amid China stimulus optimism; Hong Kong to rise 3% on open

Crimson clouds light up the skyline of Victoria Harbour on July 14, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Li Zhihua | China News Service | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to rise Friday, with Chinese stocks likely capping off a week of gains on the back of Beijing’s stimulus measures aimed at boosting the economy. […]

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Markets across Asia rebound; Chinese markets set to extend gains
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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%
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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
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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
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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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Asia-Pacific markets open higher as investors digest outsized Fed rate cut
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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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CNBC Daily Open: Hoping for a 50-basis-point cut
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CNBC Daily Open: Hoping for a 50-basis-point cut

Hope versus reality: That’s the mood among market watchers as we count down to the Fed’s interest rate decision. Source

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