Currencies

Stocks in Asia mostly edged up in Wednesday afternoon trade as investors await comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell for possible clues on the central bank’s next move on interest rates. Asian Stocks Mainland Chinese stocks ended the morning session largely unchanged, with the …

Asian stocks fall to two-week low as hopes fade for big Fed rate cut, tech stocks drag. World stocks fell for a third straight day on Tuesday, as a stinging warning came from German chemicals giant BASF about the effects of the global trade war and traders hedged bets on a hefty U.S. interest rate…

Asian shares tracked Wall Street's rally on Wednesday, after U.S. central bank comments pointed to increasing prospects of an interest rate cut, boosting investor sentiment and pushing the dollar lower. Asian Shares MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0.5%.…