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2024-07-04 02:19:20 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets mostly advance on Thursday as market participants assessed business activity data in Hong Kong and trade figures in Australia, which both missed expectations; and taking cues from a strong lead on Wall Street.... Read the fu...

2024-07-03 03:27:26 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets mostly rose on Wednesday, tracking gains on Wall Street overnight, as major US technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new record closes.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For further detail...

2024-07-03 02:13:44 ET The au Jibun Bank Japan Services PMI was revised downward to 49.4 in June 2024 from flash data of 49.8, a reversal from 53.8 in May, also marking the first drop in services activity since August 2022 as all sub-sectors shrank except information & communication. ...

2024-07-02 03:33:23 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets were mostly higher on Tuesday after the major market averages finished the first trading day of H2 higher; minutes of the RBA's June policy meeting revealed that if "inflation expectations" change, it is ready to raise rates.... Read ...

2024-07-01 04:46:27 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets started the second half of the year on a positive note as investors digested the mixed Chinese PMI data, and the data showed that confidence among large Japanese manufacturing firms improved to a two-year-high in Q2 amid an improving econom...

2024-07-01 03:15:05 ET The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI was revised lower to 50.0 in June 2024 from a preliminary reading of 50.1 and after a final 50.4 in May, marking the 2nd straight month of expansion in the manufacturing sector supported by sustained job creation, the clearing...

2024-06-28 04:16:56 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets advanced on Friday as investors assessed stronger-than-expected industrial production data in Japan for May while awaiting a key US inflation reading due later today. The Japanese yen weakened to around 161 per dollar as the Ministry of Fin...

2024-06-28 02:13:41 ET Tokyo’s core inflation rate, a leading indicator for nationwide price trends, came in hotter-than-expected in June. Tokyo’s core inflation rate rose 2.1% in June, above the consensus forecast and the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, reinforcing th...

2024-06-27 03:01:25 ET Asia-Pacific equity markets were mostly in red on Thursday as market participants reassessed the outlook for Bank of Japan monetary policy in light of a sharp yen depreciation, which sank to a 38-year low.... Read the full article on Seeking Alpha For...

2024-06-27 01:47:50 ET Retail sales in Japan increased by 3% Y/Y in May 2024, accelerating from an upwardly revised 2.4% gain in April and far exceeding market expectations for a 2% growth. The latest figure also marked the 26th consecutive month of expansion in retail turnover, as ri...