Asian Stocks

Asian stocks were mostly lower on Monday in reaction to Friday's U.S. data, which showed a weaker-than-expected jobs growth. The figures may prove to be the catalyst forcing the Federal Reserve to postpone a planned interest rate hike that was set to occur in the near-term. Fed Chairwoman...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Friday ahead of the U.S. government's release of May's nonfarm payrolls. Analysts surveyed by Reuters are looking for the economy to have added 164,000 jobs in May. Investors and traders from across the globe will likely be paying closer attention than...

Asian stocks were mostly mixed on Thursday with a notable exception: Japan. Japan's Nikkei index lost 2.32 percent, its worst daily decline in a month, after the country's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially moved a planned sales tax hike forward by two years. This is raising concerns...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday, led by a surge in Chinese stocks. Investors and traders brushed off a brief flash crash in China's CSI 300 index in which Chinese stock futures plunged 12.5 percent on heavy volume. However, within one minute of the flash crash the index was back in...

Global stocks were mixed on Friday ahead of Federal Reserve's Chair Janet Yellen's speech at an event at Harvard University. Yellen is scheduled to talk at 1:15 p.m on Friday. For those keeping track, the event is being billed as a "conversation" with Harvard's Greg Mankiw...

Asian stocks tumbled to near 2-1/2-month lows as investors continue to re-asses the suitability of investments in the region given the likelihood of a U.S. interest rate hike next month. The U.S. dollar index rose slightly to 95.33, within striking distance of Thursday's peak of 95.520 -...

Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after finance ministers from the G-7 nations gathered in Japan over the weekend. According to The Wall Street Journal, officials at the meeting have not come to an agreement on "how to address slack in the global economy." "The market doesn't...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Friday even though the prospect of a Fed rate hike in June remains an ongoing concern. In addition, the Group of Seven finance ministers and central banks are scheduled to meet in Sendai, Japan on Friday and Saturday to discuss coordinated stimulus measures - a...

Global equities were mostly lower on Thursday after the U.S. Federal Reserve's minutes from its April meeting point to a potential interest rate hike as soon as June. Higher interest rates in the U.S. could result in global investors pulling money out of riskier assets, particularly in...

Asian stocks were mostly lower on Wednesday following reports that the U.S. Federal Reserve is said to be moving towards rate hikes this year. Meanwhile, Japan surprised the market and said its economy grew at an annualized 1.7 percent during the January to March period and grew by 0.4 percent...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Tuesday as the price of oil continued to tick higher and the yen slightly dipped lower as a weaker yen is considered a positive for the country's exporters. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 1.18 percent, Japan's Nikkei index gained 1.13 percent,...