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Asia-Pacific markets mostly rise after South Korea’s inflation rate hits 42-month low
A MLB store in the Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets mostly climbed on Tuesday as investors assess South Korea’s August inflation numbers, which eased to its lowest level on a year-on-year basis since March 2021. The country’s consumer price index […]
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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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Asia-Pacific markets set for lower open ahead of Australia’s inflation numbers
The Melbourne skyline is reflected in the Maribyrnong River in the early morning light on April 18, 2023. William West | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower on Wednesday, ahead of Australia’s July inflation numbers. Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia’s last meeting revealed that the central bank had […]
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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 set for mixed open as Middle East tensions rise, Powell signals rate cuts
A screen displays the Nikkei 225 Stock Average figure on the trading floor at the Nomura Securities Co. headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on Jan. 11, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed on Monday as Israel and Hezbollah traded strikes on Sunday, while investors assessed dovish comments by […]
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The yen is strengthening, but foreign investors are staying bullish on Japanese equities
A falling yen helped boost Japanese stocks to record levels this year, but overseas investors think there are still opportunities in those equities even as the currency begins to strengthen. For most of this year, the weak yen was a major bull case argument for foreign investors looking at the Japanese stock markets. For instance, […]
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Asia markets set for lower open as investors await Jackson Hole meeting, assess Japan inflation data
A customer shops at a supermarket in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower on Friday as investors await U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell’s comments at Jackson Hole. In the past, Powell has outlined broad policy initiatives and provided clues about the […]
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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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