Asian Shares

Asian shares fell on Monday, tracking losses on Wall Street as rising virus cases cause some U.S. states to backtrack on pandemic reopenings. Asian Shares Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index lost 1.3% in early trading. Shares also fell in Hong Kong, Sydney, Shanghai and South Korea. The Nikkei 225…

Asian Shares were mostly lower on Thursday after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Asian Shares Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.4% to 22,365.00. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.4%, to 24,385.84. South Korea’s…

Asian shares and Wall Street futures rallied on Tuesday as the formal start of the Federal Reserve's corporate bond buying programme boosted global investor sentiment and calmed earlier worries about a second wave of coronavirus infections. Asian shares MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific…

Asian shares were mostly lower Thursday, with Tokyo dropping more than 1% as the Japanese yen gained after the Federal Reserve said it would keep interest rates low through 2022. Asian Shares Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 lost 1.2% to 22,842.90. South Korea's Kospi edged 0.2% lower to…

Asian shares slipped today after most US stocks pared gains made during their recent rally, although the Nasdaq benchmark reached its second straight day at a record high as oil prices rose. Asian Shares Australian S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.4 per cent. Japan's Nikkei 225 index lost 0.8 per…