Tokyo’s markets were mixed on Monday. The Nikkei 225 added 0.16 percent to 17,358.15, but the Topix index dropped 0.12 percent to 1,657.44 and the Mothers market was down 1.57 percent to 867.62. Carmakers were lower after HSBC Holdings said that Toyota (TYO: 7203.T; NYSE: TM; LSE: TYT) will likely see profits weaken [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday, with the Shanghai Composite adding 1.56 percent to 5,393.66 as it fell back slightly after reaching a new record high during the day. The gains came after reports that the Chinese government will soon launch trade in stock index futures. Other regional markets [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mostly higher on Thursday. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.58 percent to 6,400.1. Among other Asian markets, Singapore’s Straits Times Index was 0.82 percent higher to 3,600.75, while the Hang Seng index gained 0.89 percent to 22,809.02 in Hong Kong. In India, the Sensex was up 1.22 [...]

Equities markets in Asia and the Pacific region were lower on Wednesday, with many disturbed by overnight declines on Wall Street. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries were 0.54 percent lower to 6,363.2, while in India the Sensex fell 0.66 percent to 14,910.62. Declines were even bigger elsewhere as the Straits Times index in [...]

Global equities markets were higher on Monday after last week’s losses. Asian markets were no exception. In India, the Sensex added 0.14 percent to 14,083.41. In Hong Kong, the Straits Times index was 0.52 percent higher to 20,615.49, while the Straits Times index in Singapore was up 1.34 percent to 3,545.46. [...]

The New York equities markets were lower at midday on Friday and seemed determined to close out the week with losses as well. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.3 percent at mid-session to 12,468.11, down 0.8 percent on the week and even on the year. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.2 percent [...]

Wall Street was flat to slightly lower at mid-session on Tuesday on new data showing that US consumer confidence dropped to 105.4 in October, down from a revised reading of 105.9 in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.3 percent lower to 12,048.71, while the Nasdaq Composite was virtually flat after losing only [...]

The New York equities markets were mixed at midday on Wednesday after the release of some mixed earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were each 0.2 percent lower, to 11,842.04 and 1,351.44, while the Nasdaq Composite was 0.1 percent higher to 2,316.78.
Alcoa dropped 5.7 percent to $26.69 after it [...]

The New York equities markets were lower at midday on Wednesday after the technology sector declined on a fine charged to Microsoft by European regulators. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 were each 0.3 percent lower, to 11,097.07 and 1,268.31 respectively. The Nasdaq Composite had dropped 0.8 percent to 2,112.71.
Microsoft [...]

At midday on Wednesday, the New York equities markets had made back some of Tuesday’s losses, helped out by good news on the trade deficit and out of several corporations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 11,123.24 by mid-session, a gain of 0.3 percent, and the S&P 500 had gained 0.1 percent to [...]