Global Stock Market

Japan’s Nikkei rose sharply on Monday, as chip-related stocks rose and energy stocks tracked gains in oil prices. The Nikkei gained in the last hour of trading, to close 1.07 percent higher at 26,215.79 points, after falling 1.22 percent earlier in the day. The broader Topix index advanced 0.63 percent …

Stocks are having a mixed performance on Friday as traders looked to close out an awful week that brought the S&P 500 to a new 2022 low. The S&P 500 was up 0.55%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 52 points, or 0.18%, while the Nasdaq Composite was 1.02% higher. …

According to official data, Japan’s industrial production grew by 2.7% in August compared to July, marking the third consecutive month of growth. This number clearly exceeded expectations for a 0.2% increase in a Reuters poll. Retail sales jumped 4.1% in August from a year ago, topping Reuters’ forecasts for a …

Most stocks in the Asia-Pacific region fell Friday, September 30, the last day of the third quarter of the year after another sell-off on Wall Street overnight. In Japan, the Nikkei fell by 1.83% and the Topix fell by 1.76%. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng is up 0.29%, while Hang Seng …

Shares sell off began on Thursday as the dollar slightly slid and eased its domination over currency markets amid recession fears that quake the stocks and bonds markets suffering more interest rate pain.After a partial rebound on Wednesday, US stocks sharply fell on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell …

The US economy contracted at an annualized rate of 0.6% in the second quarter, the US Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) third and final estimate showed on Thursday. This reading came in line with the market expectation and the previous estimate. GDP, the standard economic growth measure, is the value …

Netflix shares flourished on Wednesday after Atlantic Equities upgraded the stock from Neutral to Overweight, citing upside potential of ad-supported tier. Advertising estimates are seen as able to boost revenue by $6.7 billion over the next three years and that the average revenue.Analysts from Citigroup raised their price targets on …

On Wednesday, US stock indexes turned higher and rebounded, largely helped by sliding Treasury yields from multiyear highs, and a surprise intervention from the Bank of England in the UK gilt, or government-issued bonds market, but Wall Street stocks were still in danger of recording a seven-day losing streak.On Tuesday, …

Japan’s Nikkei index ended trading on Wednesday near its lowest level in three months, as mounting fears of a global recession weighed on Wall Street on Tuesday evening and a media report that Apple Inc. abandoned plans to produce more iPhone phones, dented sentiment. The Nikkei fell 1.5 percent to …

More pain for equities seems to constitute a new status quo. Wall Street’s main indexes sank deeper Tuesday after earlier rally in stocks on positive economic data. The latest retreat comes after Fed policymakers defended more interest rate hikes even at the risk of slowing economic growth.The benchmark S&P 500 …