Category: FinanceAsia
Markets advance on hopes for vaccine, focus on EU summit
Hopes for a virus vaccine helped push Asian equities higher Tuesday after promising results from two clinical trials, while traders were also keeping tabs on an EU summit [...] » More
Asian shares extend gains as investors count on stimulus, vaccines
Asian shares advanced on Tuesday as prospects of a deal by European Union leaders to jointly fund recovery of their economies and hopes for a coronavirus vaccine lifted risk [...] » More
Asian markets turn lower as virus spikes around planet
Most equities fell Monday as a spike in new coronavirus infections across the planet forced governments to impose fresh containment measures, fuelling fears about the [...] » More
Asian markets bounce from sell-off but caution lingers
Asian markets edged up Friday following an across-the-board sell-off the previous day, but disappointing recent data has jolted optimism over the economic recovery that has [...] » More
Asian stock prices mixed after Wall Street slips
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street closed lower amid uncertainty about the US economic outlook. Shanghai and Tokyo retreated while Hong Kong and Seoul [...] » More
Asian shares fall as investors mull Chinese growth data
Shares retreated in Asia on Thursday as investors mulled figures showing China’s economy returned to growth in the last quarter. The Shanghai Composite index led [...] » More
Global Markets: Asian shares fall despite China GDP beat as Sino-U.S. tensions, virus fears weigh
Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Thursday, weighed down by concern about deteriorating U.S.-China relations and the economic cost of a resurgence in coronavirus [...] » More
Asia stocks drop as virus spikes, China data fails to lift gloom
Asian markets fell Thursday as investors fretted over fresh spikes in virus infections around the world and the reimposition of lockdowns, while forecast-busting economic [...] » More
Asian shares gain in cautious mood as US-China tensions rise
Asian shares rose on Wednesday led by coronavirus vaccine hopes though sentiment was cautious after Beijing vowed retaliatory sanctions against the United States, while the [...] » More
Asian markets mostly higher on hopes for coronavirus vaccine
Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday as investors were encouraged by news that an experimental COVID-19 vaccine under development by Moderna and the US National [...] » More
Asian markets mostly up on vaccine, stimulus hopes
Fresh hopes for a virus vaccine and another round of US stimulus lifted Asian markets on Wednesday, though gains remained tethered by the reimposition of containment measures [...] » More
Asia shares drop on jitters over virus, China-US friction
Shares fell in Asia on Tuesday as skepticism set in about the recent upward momentum in global markets given rising confirmed coronavirus cases and percolating tensions [...] » More
Asian markets hit by new lockdown, fresh China-US tensions
Fears over a spike in infections around the world, the reimposition of containment measures and China-US tensions pushed Asian equities lower Tuesday, while oil prices were [...] » More
Asian markets dip as virus and Sino-U.S. tensions flare
Asian stock markets slipped on Tuesday, oil sagged and a safety bid supported the dollar as simmering Sino-U.S. tensions and fresh coronavirus restrictions in California kept [...] » More
Asian markets rise on fresh vaccine hopes, eyes on earnings
Asian markets rose Monday, recovering some of the losses at the end of last week, as investors followed a strong performance on Wall Street fuelled by hopes for a coronavirus [...] » More
