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Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

World stocks inch up on increasing bets on faster economic recovery

US S&P500 futures rose 0.25% in early Asian trade, while Japan’s Nikkei ticked up 0.1%. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was little changed

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asia stocks soar as receding inflation worries bolster confidence

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Global Economy

Asian stocks set to firm after Dow hits record

A visitor wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past in front of an electric screen displaying Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan March 2, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asian stocks set to follow Wall Street rally but China worries grow

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asian stocks edge higher, Aussie in demand on recovery signs

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Global Economy

Asian shares fall amid China's asset-bubble warning

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Asian shares perk up as calmer bonds ease jitters

In a matter of weeks, the highly contagious disease has pushed the world to the brink of a recession more severe than the 2008 financial crisis. The Photo shows a visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past a stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo, on March 2, 2020/ Reuters
Global Economy

Asian stocks rally, battered bond market tries to steady

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. Asian shares rose Monday on relief the US presidential election results were finally decided, with Joe Biden the president-elect. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu
Global Economy

Asia markets slide as higher bond yields test tech sector

Promise of cheap money keeps stocks buoyant
Global Economy

Promise of cheap money keeps stocks buoyant

Asian stocks edge higher, led by rally in commodities
Global Economy

Asian stocks edge higher, led by rally in commodities

A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Global Economy

Shares make guarded gains as bond yields, resources spike

A woman holding an umbrella rides a shared bicycle past an image of the Chinese flag after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Global Economy

China shares rise on return from holiday, profit-taking hits other markets