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Asian markets sold off on Wednesday after the U.S. markets saw their worst trading day in over a year. The Nikkei, alone, lost over 2 percent of its value as the yen continued to rise. Losses came...
An increasing and surging yen which is now trading around $98 versus the dollar helped to drag markets lower today in Asia. The Nikkei led losses today and investors were cautious in other markets...
Asian equity markets retreated from last week’s highs, today, following a poorer-then-expected U.S. Non-Farm Payroll Report (NFP). On Friday, the closely watched NFP figure came in much lower...
Asian markets, as well as the overnight trading in the U.S. markets reveled how much traders loved the recent good news, economically, coming out of the U.S. U.S. markets soared after U.S....
Asian markets got a boost today as the official Chinese manufacturing numbers did not fall below market expectations but showed growth. We are seeing a tale of two sets of numbers. One the private...
Asian markets had a mixed day today as investors are sitting on the sidelines waiting on an announcement from the U.S. Federal Reserve regarding its two day policy meeting.Investors are looking for...
Asian markets fell today with the Japanese benchmark leading the way. The Nikkei hit a 3 week low as the yen spiked higher and other markets are increasingly worried over an economic slowdown in...
Asian markets were capped from reaching higher levels and moved lower as investors chose to show caution ahead of the earnings season. There are also fresh concerns emerging regarding China’s...
Asian markets lost ground today after the HSBC/Markit data on China’s PMI was released. The numbers were not good and indicate, even further, that China’s economy is slowing down. The HSBC...
China’s benchmark, the Shanghai Composite, led Asian markets higher today as weaker than expected U.S. home sales released overnight raised investor hopes that the U.S. will not begin to taper...
Asian markets were rather mixed today as they reacted to Shinzo Abe’s overwhelming victory in the Japanese upper house elections. They also digested some pretty big banking reforms announced by...
The Japanese Nikkei fell as much as 2.7 percent at one point today in volatile trading as investors sold off long positions before the weekend. The sold of positions in futures, and the cash market...
Asian markets had a mixed day as the Shanghai lost ground. This comes as home prices, in China, came in higher than expected and investors brushed off U.S. Fed Chair Ben Bernanke’s testimony...
Asian markets traded rather mixed today as investors are cautious ahead of key testimony being given by Federal Reserve Chief Ben Bernanke today. Asian investors followed cues received from the U.S....
Asian markets fell on growth worries as U.S. data disappointed but the Nikkei, which reopened after a long weekend, outperformed the other Asian Pac-rim markets.U.S. retail sales rose just 0.4 percent...
After a choppy and erratic session, Asian markets saw gains after China’s GDP growth numbers met expectations. However light volumes capped gains and markets in Japan were closed for a public...
Asian markets were very cautious as investors are waiting on the Chinese officials to release the latest round of growth data slated for next week. This quiet die offset gains from Wall Street’s...