Asian stocks

Asian stocks

A screen reflecting on glass displays the Hang Seng stock index at the Central district in Hong Kong, China, April 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Asia shares sputter as earnings loom, oil weighed by supply

While there were no new developments in the fractious US-Iran peace talks, ships are passing through the Strait of Hormuz with 160 vessels reported from Monday to Saturday last week

Currency dealers work as an electronic board displays the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) in Seoul, South Korea, May 6, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

Asian markets mixed in choppy trade as AI doubts, Iran tensions cloud outlook

Men walk past in front of an electric screen showing Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August 5, 2019/ Reuters

Asian shares fall, oil prices rise as Iran war talks stall

A woman walks in front of a screen displaying Evergrande's stock prices, among others, outside the Exchange Square, after a court ordered the liquidation of China Evergrande Group, in Hong Kong, China, 29 January 2024. REUTERS/Lam Yik/File Photo

Asian stocks set for strongest annual jump in eight years on AI bets

Traders clap as the Nikkei index closes at an all-time high, at the dealing room of Nomura Securities in Tokyo, Japan, August 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

World shares hit record as rate cut hopes, tame inflation data buoy sentiment  

Pedestrians are reflected on a stock quotation board showing a graph of Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan April 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Asia shares struggle, dollar soars on lowered Fed rate cut bets

An electronic board shows Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indices as people walk on a pedestrian bridge at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China April 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

Asian shares rise, dollar strengthens ahead of US earnings; JGB yields surge

A man watches a stock quotation board at a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, April 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Androniki Christodoulou

Asian stocks waver, dollar sags under weight of Trump tariffs, Fed uncertainty

A screen reflecting on glass displays the Hang Seng stock index at the Central district in Hong Kong, China, April 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Asian markets mixed after US stocks hit record

An electronic board shows Shanghai and Shenzhen stock indices as people walk on a pedestrian bridge at the Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China April 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo

Asia stocks edge up, dollar droops as ceasefire buoys confidence

A man looks at an electronic board displaying sector performances related to Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, May 13, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Shares up slightly, dollar struggles as investors consider tariff truce

People walk past an electronic screen displaying Japan's Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, April 11, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

Shares fall in Asia as Nvidia curbs fan worries, gold hits record

A passerby walks past an electric monitor displaying recent movements of various stock prices outside a bank in Tokyo, Japan, March 22, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Asian stocks, dollar hold their own to close out strong 2024