Shares rise, dollar drop on rate cut bet – Aug 21

Index Last Change % Change trading lower Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 40,834.97 -61.56 –0.15%Negative trading lower Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 17,816.94 -59.83 –0.33%Negative trading lower S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,597.12 -11.13 –0.20%Negative Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes See all Today’s Market News Indian stocks to rise […]
Stocks up, dollar down ahead of Fed news – 20 Aug
Today’s Market News China widely expected to keep lending benchmark LPRs unchanged in Aug: Reuters poll India might need more cautious monetary policy to stem food price rise spillover, cenbank says Trend-following hedge funds returning to Japanese equities, J.P.Morgan says Gold subdued after record run as traders await cues from Fed Key […]
Asia Morning: US soft landing hopes lift EM assets 19 Aug
Index Last Change % Change trading higher Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 40,659.76 +96.70 +0.24%Positive trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 17,631.72 +37.22 +0.21%Positive trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,554.25 +11.03 +0.20%Positive Index Last Change % Change unchanged Nikkei Index .N225 38,062.67 — — trading higher Hang Seng Index .HSI 17,430.16 +321.02 +1.88%Positive […]
Asia Morning – Aug 16
Index Last Change % Change trading higher Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 40,563.06 +554.67 +1.39%Positive trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 17,594.50 +401.90 +2.34%Positive trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,543.22 +88.01 +1.61%Positive Index Last Change % Change unchanged Nikkei Index .N225 36,726.64 — — trading lower Hang Seng Index .HSI 17,109.14 -4.22 –0.02%Negative trading […]
Stocks hold firm as US inflation data keeps rate cut hopes alive – Aug 15
Index Last Change % Change trading higher Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 40,008.39 +242.75 +0.61%Positive trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 17,192.60 +4.99 +0.03%Positive trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,455.21 +20.78 +0.38%Positive Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes See all Asia morning Summary Recent data raises speculation about […]
Stocks rise, bond yields drop on soft US PPI data – 14 Aug

Index Last Change % Change trading higher Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 39,765.64 +408.63 +1.04%Positive trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 17,187.61 +407.00 +2.43%Positive trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,434.43 +90.04 +1.68%Positive Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes Summary Europe’s STOXX steady, Nikkei rallies after wild week […]
Stocks tick up while yen slips in calm before US data – 13 Aug

Index Last Change % Change trading lower Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI 39,357.01 -140.53 –0.36%Negative trading higher Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC 16,780.61 +35.31 +0.21%Positive trading higher S&P 500 Index .SPX 5,344.39 +0.23 +0.00%Positive Source: LSEG, opens new tab – data delayed by at least 15 minutes Asia market summary U.S. CPI, retail data to refine outlook for […]
Volatility shock fades, India CPI on deck – 12 Aug
A week is not just a long time in politics. Seven days ago a huge unwind in the yen carry trade and selloff in megacap U.S. tech triggered a wave of volatility that sent global markets reeling and investors running for the safety of U.S. Treasuries. As the new trading week gets underway in Asia on Monday, that seems a […]
Gold eases as dollar, yields firm; Fed rate cut hopes lend support 7 Aug

Investors in Asia will be hoping that the recovery in global sentiment and risk assets on Tuesday extends into Wednesday, although the rebound in U.S. bond yields and the dollar may cool some of that optimism. Nothing epitomized ‘Turnaround Tuesday’ more than the whoosh in Japanese stocks – a day after tumbling 12% in their second biggest fall on record, stocks rallied […]
Asia Morning 5 Aug
Asian markets on Monday get their first chance to react to the extraordinary market moves on Friday that saw stocks and bond yields tumble, and volatility and rate cut expectations soar following an unexpectedly soft U.S. employment report. That ‘risk off’ sentiment and momentum is sure to spill over into Asia, which was already wobbling last week after the Bank of Japan‘s hawkish […]