Tag: US jobs data

Tokyo stocks open higher with eyes on earnings, US jobs data

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday extending rallies in New York, as investors watched corporate earnings reports and awaited key US jobs data. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.39 percent or 83.95 points at 21,771.60 while the broader Topix index was up 0.23 percent or 3.17 points at 1,635.76. “Tokyo share trading in early hours is seen dominated by purchases, helped by a tailwind from gains in US shares,” […]

Asian markets end week with losses, eyes on US jobs data

HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets fell on Friday, tracking another retreat on Wall Street as attention turns to the release of key US jobs data later in the day and high-level China-US trade talks in Beijing. While the corporate earnings season has been considered a success, analysts are worried that the healthy results have not fired equities as much as expected, with warnings of a mild correction down the line. The major macroeconomic […]