Asian Shares

Asian shares extended gains on Tuesday and the dollar slipped, with investor sentiment supported by Chinese data and optimism about COVID-19 vaccines. Asian shares Chinese blue chips added 0.4%, buoyed by data showing China’s industrial output rose 5.6% in August from a year ago, expanding for…

Asian shares have firmed on renewed hopes for a coronavirus vaccine after AstraZeneca resumed its phase-3 trial, although sentiment was still cautious before a big week of central bank meetings in the United Kingdom, Japan and the United States. Asian Shares MSCI's broadest index of…

Asian shares were mixed Friday following a selloff of technology shares on Wall Street. While Big Tech is benefiting from the shift to online life that the pandemic and ensuing stay-at-home economy has accelerated, critics said their stocks prices have surged too high. “Big tech stocks might…

Asian shares were poised to track Wall Street's tech fueled rally on Tuesday that saw the Nasdaq benchmark hit a fresh record while oil prices perked up on Chinese demand and hopes Sino-U.S. trade tensions were easing "We saw some strength in tech again with semiconductors driving the boat," said…

Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as reports of dismal company earnings add to pessimism over the widespread economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. Asian Shares Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.9% after Fitch Ratings downgraded its outlook for Japan to “negative” from “stable.” The…