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Asian shares rise by 0.4% as hopes for audit deal boost Chinese tech

Asian shares rose on Friday, buoyed by news of possible progress for China and the United States to hammer out an audit deal, while traders anxiously awaited a speech from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome

Asia shares subdued, dollar encouraged by 'super-sized' US rate risk

Markets quickly moved to price around a 70% chance Federal Reserve will lift rates by 75 basis points in September, sending two-year yields up 20 basis points on Friday and further inverting the curve

Yields up with dollar as Fed officials signal more hikes; Asian stocks firm

Asia-Pacific bond yields followed US Treasury yields higher on Wednesday and the dollar continued its climb after Federal Reserve officials signalled they are nowhere near done raising interest rate

Asia shares off to sluggish start, China data soft on Wall Street

Asian share markets got off to a slow start on Monday as disappointing Chinese economic data fed doubts last week's rally on Wall Street could be sustained in the face of determined policy tightening

Asia shares bounce on China property fund as Fed rate hike looms

FTSE futures edged up 0.15%. U.S. markets are likely to open lower, with E-mini futures for the S&P 500 index down 0.32%

Asian stocks wobble on Walmart warning, looming US Fed rate hike

MSCI's broadest gauge of Asia stocks outside Japan meandered just above flat. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.2% and S&P 500 futures were down 0.4%

Asian stocks inch higher; growth, inflation fears keep buyers at bay

MSCI's gauge of Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan was up 0.3%, having erased part of the early morning gains

Asian stocks fall in early trade amid concerns over recession, oil prices

Chinese blue chips which hit a four week high the day before, lost 0.6% while the Hong Kong benchmark fell 1.3%

World shares progress as investors shrug off data showing slow economies

Market players are looking ahead to U.S. inflation data due next week and hoping that the moderation in prices of oil and some other commodities this week is a sign inflation might be abating.

Asian shares rise in early trade as investors pause after steep selloff

Asian stocks and US share futures turned higher on Tuesday as the market took stock after a recent steep selloff

Asia shares subdued, dollar on a high as Fed's aggresive rate hike looms

Asian markets were in a pensive mood on Wednesday as shell-shocked investors waited to see just how aggressive the Federal Reserve would be on rates

Asian shares sink after US inflation-driven retreat on Wall Street

Shares sank in Asia on Monday after a report that US inflation worsened last month sent stocks reeling on Wall Street. Major regional markets dropped more than 2 per cent in early trading Monday, while US futures slipped more than 1 per cent. On Friday, the S&P 500 sank 2.9 per cent, locking in its ninth losing week in the last 10. Investors had hoped the highly anticipated consumer price report would show the worst inflation in generations had slowed a touch last month, passing its peak. Instead, the US government said inflation accelerated to 8.6 per cent in May from 8.3 per cent the month before. Investors took Friday's report to suggest the Federal Reserve will persist in raising interest rates and making other moves in order to slow the economy, to try to force down inflation. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index lost 2.6 per cent to 27,018.01 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong skidded 3 per cent to 21,145.27. In South Korea, the Kospi declined 3.18 per cent to 2,516.95 as a truckers strike .

Asia shares brace for US inflation, euro gains on yen on ECB bets

Asian shares made a muted start as caution gripped ahead of a critical reading on US inflation, while the euro gained on the yen amid wagers the ECB will take a major step toward policy tightening

Asia shares join global rebound as Fed hike fears ease, China tech boost

The swing in sentiment left the dollar wallowing at one-month lows, with the euro rising to its highest since April 25

Asian shares logged moderate gains after wobbly day on Wall Street

The US Federal Reserve has begun raising interest rates to counter surging inflation and investors have been selling yen to seek higher returns in dollar-denominated assets

Asian shares track Wall Street higher as US Treasury yields stabilise

Asian markets including Hong Kong, Singapore and Australia are on holiday on Friday for Easter, as are major European and U.S. markets.

Asian shares slip on hawkish Fed, US dollar nears two-year peak

Minutes of the Fed's March 15-16 meeting released Wednesday, showed deepening concern among policymakers that inflation had broadened through the economy.

Surging prices nudge Asia's reluctant central bank hawks off the sidelines

There has been a marked shift in the language of some of the region's less hawkish central banks on worries the renewed surge in commodity costs

Asian stocks skid, bond yields rise after hawkish Fed comments

By Daniel Leussink

Oil prices up, Asian shares slip after tech rally on Wall Street

Shares fell Tuesday in Asia and oil prices advanced after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Trading was light with many regional markets including those in China closed for holidays. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index edged 0.1% lower to 27,705.25 and the Kospi in Seoul also fell 0.1%, to 2,755.36. The S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.7% to 7,565.80. Malaysia fell while Singapore gained. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has elevated concerns about rising inflation and the impact on global economic growth. Prices for everything from food to clothing were already rising and the war has added to volatility for energy prices. The World Bank has downgraded its 2022 growth forecast for the Asia-Pacific region to 5% from 5.4%, in part due to disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices. That follows a rebound to 7.2% growth in 2021 after many economies experienced downturns with the onset of the pandemic. The report forecasts slower growth and rising poverty in the Asia-Pacific