Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets took a breather after two straight days of rallies, mirroring moves on Wall Street ahead of first-quarter gross domestic product figures from … Read more
Buildings in the central business district in Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Singapore’s economy expanded by a slightly more modest pace than initially expected in 2023, as manufacturing activity contracted and services growth slowed. Nicky Loh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed after Tuesday’s broad sell-off, with traders watching trade data … Read more
Employees work in the trading room inside the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking head office in Tokyo, Japan, on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets slipped Monday as traders weighed the impact of Iran’s massive drone and missile attacks on Israel over the weekend, with focus also on key … Read more
Customers at a fresh food market in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Aug. 7, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets tumbled after U.S. inflation for March came in hotter than expected, climbing 3.5% on a year-on-year basis and 0.4% higher compared with the previous month. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had expected a … Read more
NetEase and Microsoft to bring games back to China Chinese internet technology giant NetEase has teamed up with Microsoft to bring back games by Blizzard Entertainment to the world’s second-largest economy. The move comes after the partnership between the two companies was terminated in 2023 by Blizzard, citing disagreement over intellectual property control. The press … Read more
Buildings in Pudong’s Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed ahead of central bank decisions this week, and inflation numbers from the U.S. and China. The Bank of Korea, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, the Bank of Thailand and the … Read more
A customer in front of a drugstore in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Soichiro Koriyama | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday, led by Japan’s Nikkei 225, mirroring moves on Wall Street after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve officials fueled worries that the central bank could hold off on rate … Read more
Employees work at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 4, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan and China stocks closed higher Friday, while most markets in the Asia-Pacific region stay shut for a public holiday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index gained 0.5% … Read more
An inflatable bull during a ceremony marking the first day of trading of the year at the Korea Exchange (KRX) headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Most Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday, with South Korea’s benchmark Kospi hitting two-year highs as investors … Read more
A customer picks up a seasoning at a supermarket in Tokyo on February 27, 2024. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s Nikkei 225 briefly crossed 41,000 to hit a fresh all-time high on Friday as the country’s inflation accelerated in February, while other Asia-Pacific markets declined. Japan’s headline inflation rate for February came … Read more
