Asian shares at near 3-year peak; dollar, US…

TOKYO/NEW YORK: A gauge of Asian shares rallied to a near three-year peak while the dollar stayed sluggish and US bond yields slipped on Friday in anticipation that a divided U.S. legislature would limit major…

Asian shares slip from 2-year top as economic…

SINGAPORE/WASHINGTON: Asian stocks eased from a two-year high on Wednesday, as a mixed bag of economic data had investors a touch more circumspect about the global recovery, while oil jumped to a five-month peak owing…

Asian stocks lifted by vaccine hopes, but new…

Hong Kong: Hopes for a vaccine helped push Asian equities higher Friday following another tech-inspired record on Wall Street, with investors brushing off a surprisingly weak US jobs report, though optimism remains checked by the…

Asian stocks falter after China data disappointment

TOKYO/BOSTON: Asian shares fell on Friday after lacklustre Chinese economic data and worries about a delay in U.S. fiscal stimulus discouraged some investors from taking on risk. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan…

CEO of major Asian bank says ‘a big,…

The economic aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic is likely to worsen when authorities start rolling back relief measures — and banks could experience "far more damage" to their balance sheets, said Piyush Gupta, group chief…

Stocks in the news: RIL, Maruti, M&M, Asian…

Mumbai: The 30-share Sensex closed 3.05 per cent, or 997.46 points, higher at 33,717 on Thursday, while the 50-share Nifty rose 3.21 per cent, or 306 points, to close at 9,859. The Indian bourses were…