Asian Markets

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1.3% to a two-month low, with banks and Hong Kong tech stocks leading losses, while London and European futures each slid more than 1%

Shares were mostly higher Monday in Europe and Asia after strong data on the U.S. economy sent Wall Street to its best close in six weeks. Germany's DAX gained 0.4% to 15,644.08 and the CAC 40 in Paris was up 0.7% at 7,397.31. London's FTSE 100 edged 0.1% lower to 7,941.38. The future for the S&P 500 gained 0.2% while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2%. On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 1.6% to cap its first winning week in the last four as easing yields in the bond market relieved pressure on Wall Street. It's found some stability following a swift rise and fall to start the year. The Dow industrials climbed 1.2%, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2%. In Asian trading Monday, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 0.2% to 20,603.19 and the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.2% to 3,322.03. At the annual session of China's rubberstamp legislature, the government set this year's economic growth target at around 5% as it tries to rebuild business activity following the end .

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, too, remained upbeat throughout the day as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 outperformed benchmark indices to close up to 2 per cent

Shares were higher Monday in Europe and in Asia, where most markets were closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Germany's DAX edged 0.1 per cent higher, to 15,058.49 while the CAC 40 in Paris also gained 0.1 per cent to 7,002.30. Britain's FTSE 100 added 0.2 per cent to 7,786.30. The future for the S&P 500 lost less than 0.1 per cent while the future for the Dow industrials was unchanged. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index added 1.3 per cent to 26,906.04 as investors shrugged off Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki's comments that Japan is facing an unprecedentedly severe" financial situation after spending heavily to counter the pandemic and other troubles. Finances are the cornerstone of a country's trust," Suzuki told lawmakers in parliament. We must secure fiscal space under normal circumstances to safeguard trust in Japan and people's livelihoods in times of crisis." Japan's national debt, already more than twice its gross domestic product, has grown further as the government has

"We expect a lot to go in the right direction for India. These include bad loans declining, consumption recovering, and investments rising"

CLOSING BELL: TCS, Maruti, Divis's Labs, HDFC Life and Dr Reddy's were among the handful of stocks that held minor gains

Asian equities rose on Wednesday, while the dollar was on the back foot after a steep spike overnight, with investors keenly awaiting minutes from the Federal Reserve's most recent meeting

CLOSING BELL: Broader markets, meanwhile, outperformed benchmark indices as Nifty MidCap 100 and Nifty SmallCap 100 indices surged up to 0.2 per cent

Next year's optimism for India is driven by strong corporate earnings, a post-pandemic retail boom and an economy set to grow by 6% in the next fiscal year

Asian markets were also off to a tepid start, with the MSCI Asia ex Japan sliding 1.02%

Growth in China, the largest economy in Asia, is expected to slow in 2022 to 3% against a 3.3% expansion predicted in a September report

The consumer price index reading supports forecasts for the Federal Reserve to reduce the pace of monetary tightening

Shares fell in Asia on Wednesday with Hong Kong's benchmark down more than 2% even as Beijing announced it was drastically scaling back its zero-COVID" policies, shifting away from trying to isolate every single case. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 2.5% to 18,949.24 and the Shanghai Composite index was down 0.4% at 3,199.62. The National Health Commission's announcement ended a requirement for COVID-19 tests and a clean bill of health to be displayed on a smartphone app in most places, apart from vulnerable areas such as nurseries, elderly care facilities and schools. It also limited the scale of lockdowns to individual apartment floors and buildings, rather than entire districts and neighbourhoods. Experts say it might be at least mid-2023 before controls that disrupt travel, trade and industry can be lifted completely, but world markets have gyrated on speculation that major changes might be coming, helping return the world economy to a post-pandemic normal." Tokyo's Nikke

Investors are readying for a dip as markets open in Asia to news of growing unrest in China over Covid restrictions

Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expect Asia's equity leadership to shift from Southeast Asia and India to markets like China and Korea next year

Asian shares tracked Wall Street higher on Thursday, buoyed by signals the US Federal Reserve may slow the pace of interest rate hikes and news of fresh economic stimulus from China

Asian share markets were mostly in positive territory on Wednesday despite rising Covid cases in China

The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 170.89 points or 0.28 per cent to settle at 61,624.15. During the day, the index touched its 52-week high of 61,916.24 and fell to 61,572.03

A modest miss on U.S. inflation was enough to see two-year Treasury yields dive 33 basis points for the week and the dollar lose almost 4%

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.09% higher, while Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.27%.