Daily News – 22December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets trade higher as investors assess China’s key lending rate decision Asia-Pacific markets climbed Monday as investors parsed China’s central bank’s decision to keep its loan prime rates steady. The People’s Bank of China kept its 1-year and 5-year loan prime rates unchanged at 3% and 3.5% respectively, holding them for a seventh […]
Daily News – 19December’25
1. Japan stocks and bond yields jump after central bank hikes policy rate to highest in decades Japan equities and bond yields jumped after the central bank raised its policy rate to a three-decade high. The decision comes as inflation has stayed above its target levels for nearly four years now. The Bank of Japan […]
Daily News – 18December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets track Wall Street declines as rotation out of tech continues Asia-Pacific markets tumbled Thursday as investors on Wall Street continued to rotate out of tech. Artificial intelligence-related stocks dragged indexes after the Financial Times reported that Oracle’s primary investor, Blue Owl Capital, pulled out from funding one of its data center projects. […]
Daily News – 17December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors parse Japan trade data Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Wednesday as investors parsed Japan’s trade data. Japan’s exports in November grew 6.1% year on year, data from the country’s finance ministry released Wednesday showed. The growth sharply beat expectations of an average 4.8% rise estimated by economists polled by […]
Daily News – 16December’25
1. South Korea stocks lead losses in Asia for a second day as tech sell-off continues on Wall Street Asia-Pacific market fell across the board Tuesday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors continued to rotate out of the artificial intelligence trade in the U.S. Shares of AI plays, like Oracle and Broadcom, slipped more than […]
Daily News – 15December’25
1. South Korea stocks lead losses in Asia-Pacific as investors parse key data from China Asia-Pacific markets fell Monday, after Wall Street declined Friday stateside as investors took a breather from the AI trade. Traders in Asia will also look toward key data from China, which will release its retail sales, fixed asset investment and […]
Daily News – 12December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets trade mostly higher after Wall Street notches fresh record Asia-Pacific markets traded mostly higher Friday, tracking Wall Street gains after two key benchmarks hit new records on the heels of the recent Federal Reserve decision to cut rates. The central bank on Wednesday lowered its key overnight borrowing rate by a quarter […]
Daily News – 11December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets give up early gains after third Fed cut of the year Asia-Pacific markets gave up earlier gains to trade mostly lower Thursday, following the Federal Reserve’s third rate cut of the year. The U.S central bank reduced the Federal Funds rate by 25 basis points to 3.5%-3.75%, and signalled that it was […]
Daily News – 10December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall as investors parse China inflation data, await Fed decision Asia-Pacific markets mostly fell on Wednesday as investors parsed China’s inflation data and awaited the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision. Hong Kong Hang Seng index was 0.56% lower, and the mainland CSI 300 declined 0.78% after China’s consumer prices edged up […]
Daily News – 09December’25
1. Asia-Pacific markets mostly fall following Wall Street losses ahead of Fed rate decision Asia-Pacific markets were mostly lower on Tuesday after losses on Wall Street, with investors holding back ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on Dec. 10 stateside. The central bank is widely expected to cut rates by another 25 basis points […]