Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Monday, with losers outnumbering gainers. Many markets were hurt by news that there were fewer jobs in the United States in August as well as on new data showing that Japan’s economy contracted by an annualized rate of 1.2 percent in the second quarter of the [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed again on Friday. In Taiwan the Taiex was up a bare 0.01 percent, or 1 point, to 9,018.08, while the Straits Times index closed at 3,488.97. The S&P/ASX200 gained 0.44 percent to 6,278.4 in Australia, while the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.5 percent to 6,296.5. Decliners included India’s Sensex, which dropped [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed Friday as investors worried again about the state of the global economy. India’s Sensex was the biggest mover of the day after the Congress Party and the Communist Party there came to an agreement to jointly study a proposed nuclear energy deal with the United States, averting [...]

Most equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were up Thursday, benefiting from a move by Bank of America (NYSE: BAC; TYO: 8648) to buy $2 billion worth convertible preferred stock in Countrywide Financial (NYSE: CFC), which gave investors confidence that the worst of the subprime mortgage chaos could be over. The Shanghai Composite added 1. [...]

London’s equities markets saw significant losses on Thursday. The FTSE 100 fell 4.1 percent to 5,858.9, the first time it had closed below the 6,000 level since March, while the FTSE 250 closed at 10,462.6 for a drop of 3.92 percent. There were no winners on the 100 on the session, and miners were the [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed on Friday, although there were more gainers than losers on the session, and most gains were much bigger than the few losses. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.09 percent to 6,055.9, while the S&P/ASX200 gained 0.15 percent to 6,021. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index was 0.42 percent [...]

Equities markets some parts of the Asia-Pacific region hit all time highs on Friday as investors responded to Thursday’s record highs in New York and to the $38.1 billion dollar bid by Rio Tinto (LSE: RIO) for Canadian aluminium producer Alcan (TSX: AL; NYSE: AL). New records were set in both Hong Kong and Singapore, [...]

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 percent to 15,092.04. [...]

Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Thursday. Gainers included the PSE Composite in the Phillipines, which reached a record high by gaining 1.9 percent to 3,802.32 on new data showing that inflation is slowing there. Also higher were Australian markets. The Sydney Ordinaries were 0.94 percent higher to 6,392.2, while the S&P/ASX200 added [...]

Asia-Pacific equities were mixed again on Friday. Gains came in Australia, where the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.12 percent to 6,409.3, and in Hong Kong with the Hang Seng index 0.21 percent higher to 21,999.91. Decliners included India’s Sensex, which dropped 0.22 percent to 14,467.36. The Straits Times index in Singapore was 5.3 percent lower to [...]