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Asian stocks slide as recession fears send Wall St into bear market

Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday after Wall Street officially entered bear market territory and bond yields hit a two-decade high

After trillions in losses, Asia's stock rout looks far from over

MSCI Asia Pacific Index has dropped 19% from Jan peak

Indian shares track weakness in Asian peers amid Fed rate in focus

The NSE Nifty 50 index was down 0.78% at 16,969.10 as of 0357 GMT on Monday, with most of its major sub-indexes in the negative, while the S&P BSE Sensex fell 1.11% to 56,429.45

Most Asian indexes gain ground on US yield drop, but Chinese stocks fall

A 0.78% drop for Hong Kong and 0.36% decline for blue chips in mainland China pulled MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan 0.22% lower

Asian stocks wobble as China lockdowns weigh; Japanese yen wallows

Japanese yen gained on the dollar, having fallen nearly every session in the past two weeks and repeatedly setting fresh 20-year lows

Asian stocks skid, bond yields rise after hawkish Fed comments

By Daniel Leussink

Asian stocks rally as fears ease over Ukraine peace talks, Fed and China

US stock futures indicated a slightly lower restart, but followed a 2.2% surge for the S&P 500 overnight

Asian stocks rally strongly as Fed hike, Ukraine talks boost sentiment

Japan and Hong Kong led a jump in regional stocks on Thursday, joining a rally on Wall Street overnight as potential risks from Federal Reserve monetary tightening to the Ukraine war

Asian shares up as oil slips on hopes for Ukraine-Russia talks

Asian shares advanced and oil slipped on Monday on hopes for progress in Russian-Ukraine peace talks even as fighting raged on

Ukraine war fears pummel global stocks, lift oil to seven-year high

The broader Euro STOXX 600 fell as much as 1.9% to a seven-month low before clawing back some of its losses

Asian shares drop as Russia's Putin orders troops into eastern Ukraine

Shares fell sharply in Asia on Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into separatist regions of eastern Ukraine, suggesting a long-feared invasion was possibly underway. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index dropped 1.8per cent and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell 3.2per cent in early trading. Oil prices jumped, with U.S. crude up 2.8per cent. The future for the S&P 500 dropped 1.5per cent while the contract for the Dow industrials lost 1.3per cent. U.S. markets were closed Monday for Presidents Day. In Europe, shares slipped Monday as investors awaited developments in the Ukraine crisis. Germany's DAX gave up 2.1per cent. In Paris, the CAC 40 in Paris declined 2per cent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.3per cent. Russia's MOEX index dropped nearly 11per cent. The ruble was down 3.2per cent against the U.S. dollar. Western powers fear Russia might use skirmishes in Ukraine's eastern regions as a pretext for an attack on the democracy, which has defied Moscow's attempts to pull

Asian stocks draw back and bond yields drop on reported firing in Ukraine

Asian stock markets retreated on Thursday after Russian media reported that rebels in eastern Ukraine had accused Kyiv government forces of using mortars to attack their territory.

Asia stock markets wary on Ukraine warnings, crude oil prices climb

The United States on Sunday said Russia might create a surprise pretext for an attack, as it reaffirmed a pledge to defend "every inch" of NATO territory.

Wall Street set for second day of losses; US 10-year yield near 2%

Europe's STOXX 600 was down 0.9%, Nasdaq and S&P 500 futures were down 0.7% and 0.5% respectively

Stock rally loses steam in Asia as US inflation test looms

The performance in Asian stocks was sharply divided between Chinese equities and the rest of the region

Asian stocks join global rally, US yields cling to highs

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 1.5% to its highest in two weeks, helped by a 3.8% gain in Hong Kong-listed tech stocks

Asian stock markets, euro hold steady ahead of US inflation data

Markets are still alert for rate increases in both the euro zone and the United States after the European Central Bank last week was considered to have adopted a more hawkish tone.

Asian stock markets mixed after Wall Street sinks for third day

Asian stock markets were mixed Friday as traders looked ahead to data on U.S. employment costs that might influence Federal Reserve decisions on planned interest rate hikes.

Global share sell off pauses in Asia as investors await Fed policy update

By Stella Qiu and Alun John

Hedge fund winners and losers turn extreme in wild Asian markets

Chinese regulatory tightening ensnared industries ranging from e-commerce and after-school tutoring to ride-hailing, sending two gauges of Hong Kong-listed stocks to the biggest declines