Asian Markets Trading Mixed
Asian stock markets opened mixed on Monday with Japan's Nikkei average gained 0.6 percent led by a rise in tech stocks.Oil shares gained on Monday following last week's gains in oil prices such as Nippon Oil Corp. gained 2.56 percent.Bank stocks were lower.Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index down 0.30 percent down 63.31 to 21,112.57.Banking stocks....More
Asian Markets Open Lower On Wall Street Fall
Asian Markets open lower on Wednesday taking cues from Wall Street.Consumer and Mining stocks open lower.Japanese Nikkei average down 2.63 percent down 276.88 to 10253.18.Financial stocks were trading lower,Mizuho Financial down more than 2 percent,BHP Billiton,Rio Tinto Group Ltd down more....more
Shanghai Markets Plunged In Early Trade
Shanghai stocks plunged more than 4 percent on fears of weak bank lending,Shanghai Composite Index down 4.6 percent down 131.56 points to 2729.12.Japan's Nikkei stock market trading lower on Monday as a stronger yen led Japanese exporters of cars and electronics shares lower.Honda Motor down 1.7 percent ,Canon down 3 percent.Japanese Nikkei average down 0.35 down....more
Asian Shares Positive In Morning Trade
Asian stock markets were trading higer on Friday led by energy and technology shares taking cue from overnight Wall Street gains.Japanese Nikkei stock market trading higher ,up 0.51 percent up 53.03 points to 10,527.00.Seoul’s Kospi gained 0.57 percent up 9.10 points to 1,608.43.Samsung Electronics gained....more
Asian Markets Trading Lower
Asian stock markets were trading lower on Thursday with Japanese Nikkei stock market trading lower ,down 1.59 percent down 168.72 points to 10,470.99.Seoul’s Kospi lost 0.38 percent down 6.17 points to 1,607.95.Hang Seng Index down 1.00 percent down 204.72 pints to 20,251.60.Shanghai Composite Index gained....more
Asian Markets trading Higher
Asian stock markets were trading higher on Wednesday taking cues from Wall Street gains.Japanese Nikkei stock trading higher ,gaining 0.64 percent up 67.20 points to 10564.56.Seoul’s Kospi gained 0.17 percent up 2.79 points to 1,604.17.Hang Seng Index down 0.05 percent down 10.69 to 20,424.60.Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.56 percent up 16.22 points to 2,932.02.S&P/ASX 200 index....more
Asian Markets Opened Higher
Asian Markets opened higher on Monday taking cues from Wall Street. Japanese Nikkei stock opened higher ,gaining 3.12 percent up 319.13 points to 10,557.30 as Japanese automakers gained from a weakening yen.Banking and automobile stocks are trading higher,Honda Motor gained more than 3 percent,Toyota....more
Asian Markets Opened Mixed
Asian Markets opened mixed on Friday with Japanese Nikkei stock opened lower, as a stronger dollar hit exporters such as Toyota Motor down 2.68 percent,Honda Motor down 3.57 percent.Japan Airlines Corp gained 1.2 percent after news reports that it will combine its cargo business with Nippon....more
Asian Markets Open With Modest Gains
Asian markets open with modest gains on Wednesday following Wall Street Cues.Japan's Nikkei 225 was trading down 0.24 percent down 24.46 points to 10,260.50.Sanyo Electric surged 17 percent higher on a report that Toyota Motor would buy batteries for hybrid vehicles from it.Canon....more
Asian Markets Decline on Growth Concerns
Asian stock markets fell sharply on Monday with China's Shanghai Composite plunging nearly 6 percent amid worries about U.S. consumer spending and a possible tightening of bank lending policies.Shanghai's benchmark plunged 5.8 percent to 2,870.63.Nikkei was down 328 points to 10,268,its biggest single....more |