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Asian shares nudge higher as investors shrug concerns, dollar soft

Wall Street had retreated overnight after beginning March with a bang, with the S&P 500 staging its best one-day rally in nine months on Monday

Resurgent market evokes memories of long-gone bubble on Tokyo's exchange

The party came to an end when the stocks bubble burst in the early 1990s. Yamaichi was one of four major banks and brokerages that collapsed in 1997

Asian shares rise as risk assets shine, Australian central bank eyed

Demand for riskier assets did not slug the dollar, usually regarded as a safe-haven currency

Asian stocks bounce as bond market calms as US preps for stimulus

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1%, after shedding 3.7% last Friday'

Asia stocks skid as global inflation fears, tech woes hit Wall Street

U.S. Treasury yields vaulted to their highest since the pandemic began on expectations of a strong economic expansion and related inflation

Asian stocks open higher as US Fed's Powell nixes inflation fears

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.90% in early trade while Japan's Nikkei 225 added 1.37%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures rose 0.92%

Asia share market edges up as bond yields, resources steal the show

Japan's Nikkei recouped 1.0% and South Korea 0.4%, while E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 were a fraction firmer

Asian markets offer mixed signals as investors juggle stimulus, pandemic

Dow Jones Industrial Average scored another record closing high on Tuesday, climbing 0.2%. The S&P 500 fell 0.06%, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.34%

Sensex ends flat after volatile trade, holds 52k; IT stks dip, metals shine

The broader markets ended higher today with the S&P BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices settling 0.2 per cent and 0.43 per cent up, respectively

Japan's Nikkei back above 30,000 mark after more than three decades

The break of 30,000 could open the way for test of all-time high of 38,957, touched at the end of 1989

D-Street party continues; Sensex ends 610 pts higher at 52,154; banks rally

The Nifty Bank index stole the show and hit a new peak of 37,309 levels, up 1,200 points in the intra-day trade. The index closed 1,197 points, or 3.3 per cent, higher at 37,306 levels

Global markets: Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei hits record high in 30 years

The Tokyo stock exchange Nikkei index reached record highs since August 1990 at Monday opening, the Kyodo news agency reports

Asian shares under pressure over new Covid cases, doubts on vaccine supply

The benchmark is below the record high of 727.31 touched last week but up 8.5 per cent so far in January, on track for its fourth straight monthly rise

US stimulus fix propels Asian shares, Nikkei zooms to 30-year high

Japan's Nikkei leapt 1.63% to its highest since August 1990, while shares in China rose 0.1%

Asian shares jump on US stimulus, Japan's Nikkei hits 29-year high

Asian shares jumped, with Japanese stocks hitting a 29-year high, as hopes that a long-awaited U pandemic relief package would be expanded and a Brexit trade deal supported investor risk appetites

Asian stocks hit record high as investors set aside Covid-19 fears

Asian equities hit a record high on Monday as investors set aside fears about rising coronavirus cases and bought stocks, cheered by data showing a robust recovery in China and Japan

Asian stocks gain on US economic stimulus package hope, yuan surges

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.56%. Australian stocks edged up by 0.1%, while shares in China rose 0.07%. Tokyo shares gained 0.4%

Asian markets mixed in early trade, Tokyo reopens after trading glitch

Japan's Nikkei 225 index was up 0.19% after the Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed normal trading after its worst-ever outage brought the world's third-largest equity market to a standstill

Nippon Kayaku replaced by SoftBank Corp in Nikkei 225 Stock Average

The change will take effect Oct. 1. The replacement is part of an annual review, with NGK Spark Plug Co. displacing Nippon Sheet Glass Co. in the Nikkei 300, according to the announcement

Asian stocks hit two-year top, Nikkei bounces as Berkshire buys in

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2% to reach its highest since June 2018, extending a 2.8% rise last week