Tag: CSI300 index

Asia stocks subdued before US jobs data

Asian equities were subdued on Friday (February 5) and the dollar wobbled ahead of the closely watched U.S. jobs report, which could provide clues on the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy outlook. The markets will look to the U.S. jobs data for direction, with the employment report expected to how employers adding 190,000 jobs in January, the median estimate of 108 economists polled by Reuters. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average was down 1 percent despite an […]

Asian stocks struggle as headwinds grow

Japan’s Nikkei average went up 240.29 to 16949.19, while the broader Topix rose 23.08 points to 1383.31. South Korean shares bounded up early on Wednesday, helped by an overnight bounce on Wall Street and in crude oil prices while retail investors scrambled for bargains but gains were capped by weak China stocks and the pending outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was up 0.7 percent at 1,1884.61 […]

Asia stocks wary as China concerns remain

Asian stocks held near four-year lows and crude oil prices approached a 20 percent drop in less than two weeks as investors worried over the extent of China’s economic slowdown and its impact on emerging markets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged 0.4 percent higher but still stood near a four-year low touched on Monday, and was still down more than 8 percent since the start of 2016. It fell 12 percent […]

China admits there’s market panic

  (Reuters) Analyst said on Wednesday (July 8) that the measures taken by Chinese authorities to support its tumbled stock markets were seen as “backsliding” from its greater financial reform. Chinese stocks continued plunging on Wednesday after the country’s securities regulator warned investors were in the grip of “panic sentiment” and the market showed signs of freezing up as firms scrambled to escape the rout by having their shares suspended. “It’s very bad. It could […]