Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian equity benchmark indices pared their gains from the fresh all-time highs they touched late on Tuesday to close on a mixed note.
China's central bank on Monday lowered its 14-day repo rate by 10 basis points, days after disappointing markets by not cutting longer-term rates
Stock Market Highlights: Despite a choppy session, the day ended in favor of bulls, as many as 30 stocks of the Nifty50 index ended in the green with gains led by NTPC, Titan, and Nestle India
Stock Market Highlights: 26 constituent stocks of Nifty50 ended higher with the gains led by NTPC, Hindalco, JSW Steel, Shriram Finance, and Larsen & Toubro on Monday
Stock Market Highlights: The NSE Nifty Midcap 100 index ended at a record high closing level of 60,034.05 on Friday
Stock Market Highlights: 34 out of 50 constituent stocks of Nifty50 ended lower, dragged by Tata Motors, ONGC, Wipro, L&T, and Adani Enterprises with losses of up to 5.73 per cent
China's wealthiest person, Nongfu Spring Co. founder Zhong Shanshan, lost some $3 billion as the beverage giant's shares fell by a record 10 per cent
Brent rose 51 cents to $79.53 a barrel, while U.S. crude added 50 cents to $75.33 per barrel
Markets are well prepared for a change given opinion polls have for months put the centre-left party on course for a landslide victory over the Conservatives
Japan's Nikkei rose 0.59%, while blue chip stocks in China were 0.42% lower. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index rose 1.3%
S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq futures both eased 0.1 per cent in Asian trading, after edging higher on Monday
Trading was thinned in Asia with Australia, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan out for public holidays, but MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan still slumped 0.46 per cent
Japan's Nikkei was a rare bright spot, rising 0.2%, adding to the previous day's 0.73% rally
There are also reports Chinese authorities are laying the groundwork for a sale of 1 trillion yuan ($138.39 billion) in longer-dated bonds to help fund stimulus spending at home
Crude oil wallowed near two-month lows amid signs of easing supply pressure and continued hopes for a Middle East ceasefire
Trading was thinned in Asia with Japan out for a holiday, though markets in mainland China got off to an upbeat start after returning from an extended break
Much of Asia is returning from a holiday that had closed markets on Wednesday, though Chinese bond, currency and stock markets remain shut through the rest of the week
Oil prices, however, hardly reacted to the news, as traders had largely priced in a retaliatory attack from Iran that would likely further disrupt supply chains
Beijing has been tightening curbs on debt in recent months to defuse risks to the world's second-largest economy and its financial stability
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan jumped 3.72%. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index climbed 2.43% and Japan's Nikkei rose 3%