Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Tuesday, but mostly lower than higher. India’s Sensex added 0.28 percent to 15,465.4, while in Australia the Sydney Ordinaries gained 0.39 percent to 6,297.1 and the ASX/S&P200 was up 0.41 percent to 6,293.3. Otherwise, markets were lower. The Hang Seng index was 0.08 percent lower to 23,886.07 [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were higher on Thursday after Wednesday’s gains in the US markets and after US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter to a US senator that the Fed is prepared to “act as needed” to preserve market stability and that the US central bank is watching events closely. In [...]

The New York equities markets were lower in early afternoon trade on Monday after new data showed existing home sales dropped and inventories were higher in July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was 0.22 percent lower to 13,349.93, while the Nasdaq Composite had dropped 0.49 percent to 2,564.19 and the S&P 500 fell 0.63 percent [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were much lower on Friday as worries over the subprime sector in the US went global. The biggest loser on the session was South Korea’s Kospi index, which dropped 4.2 percent to 1,828.49, its sharpest decline in three years. Afternoon trade in Seoul ended early, but that was said [...]

The New York equities markets were higher in early afternoon trade on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.84 percent to 13,617.78. The Nasdaq Composite was 1.92 percent higher to 2,610.69, while the S&P 500 had added 1.15 percent to 1,493.72. The gains came on comments from the Federal Reserve on Tuesday that [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed on Tuesday as investors waited to see what the US Federal Reserve would do about interest rates and how it would characterize the current mess in the subprime market. Decliners included Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which fell 0.13 percent to 21,907.99 and the Straits Times index in Singapore at [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday, but most were higher after Wednesday’s declines. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index declined 0.05 percent to 22,443.25, while the Straits Times index was also 0.05 percent lower, to 3,435.46. In addition, the Kospi index dropped 0.18 percent to 1,853.07. In India, the Sensex added 0.33 [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were higher on Tuesday. The exception was the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo, which dropped 0.2 percent to 17,248.89. The Topix index, however, closed barely higher at 1,706.18 and the Mothers market was 1.38 percent higher to 864.7. Earnings results and other news drove gains and losses on the session in Tokyo. [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mostly lower again on Thursday. The Shanghai Composite was again an exception as it added 0.52 percent to 4,346.46, a new record high, on corporate profits reports that have been better than anticipated in the first half of the year. The other exception was India’s Sensex, which gained [...]

Asia-Pacific region equities markets were mostly higher on Tuesday. The exception was the Shanghai Composite, which dropped 0.07 percent to 4,210.33 on the session. In India, the Sensex added 0.4 percent to 15,794.92. The Hang Seng index in Hong Kong was 0.46 percent higher to 23,472.88, while in Singapore the Straits Times index gained 0.64 [...]