* Nikkei options and futures’ settlement on Friday in focus * Weaker yen lifts sentiment By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, March 10 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average edged higher on Tuesday morning after U.S. shares rebounded on M&A activity and the yen weakened further against the dollar. The Nikkei rose 0.4 percent to 18,860.25 in Read More
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Japanese shares hit a fifteen-year high on Thursday following better-than-expected export data, while trade in the rest of Asia was quiet with several markets closed for Lunar New Year. Markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia were shut for the holiday. Read MoreIs the Nikkei Read More
Mainland indices choppy China’s Shanghai Composite index erased early losses to rebound 2.2 percent, hitting a four-week high, on the back of rallying financial and property majors. Banking stocks like China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China and Bank of China pulled in more than 2 percent gains, respectively. Brokerages Read More
Nikkei flat Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index finished a tick above the flatline, throwing away earlier gains as the dollar-yen pulled back, but held on to a fresh 15-year high. The key stock index has finished at multi-year highs five times over the past six sessions. Among the raft of Read More
TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) – Tokyo shares fell on Monday in thin trade after a strong U.S. jobs report stoked concerns that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates sooner than expected. The Nikkei ended 1.0 percent lower to 18,790.55. The broader Topix dropped 0.6 percent to 1,531.76, with only 1.798 billion shares changing hands, Read More
* Further slide in U.S. stocks negative, but strong dollar/yen may support Japan stocks – analyst * Japan’s weak GDP hurts sentiment * Japan Display soars after confirming plant investment By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, March 9 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average fell on Monday after a strong U.S. jobs report stoked concerns that the Read More
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and North Korea could resume talks as early as this month over an investigation North Korea is conducting into the fate of Japanese citizens it kidnapped decades ago, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday. There was informal contact between Japanese and North Korean diplomats in China in late February, and the Read More
The Nikkei 225 average on Friday rewrote its highest closing level in 14 years and 10 months, boosted by purchases on persistent hopes for fund flows into global stock markets. The key market gauge surged 219.16 points, or 1.17 percent, to close at 18,971.00, the best finish since April 19, 2000. The Topix gained 17.12 Read More
Asian shares traded mostly higher on Friday, supported by a stronger close on Wall Street overnight, with Tokyo markets scaling fresh multi-year records. Also on the agenda was the release of U.S. nonfarm payrolls later in the day. Overnight, U.S. stocks broke a two-day losing streak to finish higher amid details of quantitative easing in Read More
TOKYO, March 6 (Reuters) – Japan’s Nikkei share average rose to a fresh 15-year high on Friday as encouraging comments from the European Central Bank lifted sentiment, but FamilyMart Co fell on news that it was in merger talks with UNY Group Holdings Co. The Nikkei ended 1.2 percent higher at 18,971.00 points, its best Read More