Category: Stock Market

European shares and Asian stocks on Tuesday as governments contemplated reopening their economies and the earnings season gathered pace. Crude oil extended its plunge, and the dollar weakened. Elsewhere, shares in Japan finished slightly higher and those in Australia edged down while South Korean and Hong Kong equities climbed in a choppy Asian session. Stocks […]

Global stocks climbed after new stimulus measures from Japan’s central bank highlighted the lengths policymakers are willing to go in a bid to shore up the world economy. Global Stocks The Stoxx 600, Europe’s composite index, rose 1.7 per cent in early Monday trading. London’s FTSE 100 gained 1.7 per cent. Frankfurt’s Dax rose 2.4 […]

Asian shares and U.S. stock futures fell on Friday, spurred by doubts about progress in the development of drugs to treat COVID-19 and new evidence of U.S. economic damage caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Stocks Futures on the S&P 500 fell 0.5% as of 1:08 p.m. in Tokyo. The S&P 500 closed little changed on […]

Asian shares rose moderately Thursday following a rally on Wall Street and even oil prices recovering from their recent plunge to zero. Asian Shares Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 1.2% to 19,370.42 in morning trading. South Korea’s Kospi rose 06% to 1,907.92. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 also added 0.6% to 5,252.20. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged up 0.7% […]

Asian stocks markets fell further Wednesday as oil prices recovered some of their record-setting losses amid anxiety about the coronavirus pandemic’s mounting economic damage. Asian Stocks Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 19,050.33. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was down 0.7% at 23,626.04. The Shanghai Composite Index was off 2 points at 2,824.91. The Kospi in […]

Asian stocks fell in Tuesday afternoon trade as U.S. crude prices plunged to negative levels overnight. Asian Stocks The Shanghai composite down 1.35% while the Shenzhen composite shed 1.556%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 2.29%. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 fell 2.18% as shares of index heavyweights Fast Retailing and Softbank Group dropped at least 4% each. The Topix index also shed 1.35%. […]

Asian Shares surged Friday morning in Asia after China reported economic data that, while bleak, was better than expected. The strong open followed an overnight rally on Wall Street powered by buying of Amazon, health care stocks and other market niches that are thriving in the coronavirus crunch. China reported its economy contracted 6.8% in […]

Asian Stocks fell in Thursday afternoon trade as concerns over the scale of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh on sentiment. Asian Stocks The Nikkei 225 in Japan fell 1.45% in afternoon trade as shares of Fanuc declined 2.74%. The Topix index dropped 0.96%. South Korea’s Kospi shed 0.28%. Mainland Chinese stocks edged lower in early trade, […]

Global share markets dipped into the red on Wednesday as warnings of the worst global recession since the 1930s underlined the economic damage done during the coronavirus panemdic even as some countries try to re-open for business. China moved again to cushion its economy, cutting a key medium-term interest rate to record lows, paving the […]

World stocks gained on Tuesday after Chinese trade data came in better than expected and some countries tried to restart their economy by partly lifting restrictions aimed at containing the coronavirus outbreak. World Stocks European stock markets opened stronger, with the pan-European STOXX 600 index rising 0.6% to its highest since March 11. The gains […]