Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were lower Monday on continuing worries that the US economy is headed for a recession. The main exceptions were the Shanghai Composite and Taiwan’s Taiex index. The Taiex added 1.79 percent to 8,173.41 after the opposition party managed a big win in parliamentary elections. The Kuomintang party, which [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were lower on Thursday on further concerns about US credit markets. The main exception to losses was the Shanghai Composite, which added 0.38 percent to 5,456.54. Australian indices saw the least of the losses as the S&P/ASX200 fell 0.15 percent to 6,078.7 and the Sydney Ordinaries dropped [...]

Most equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were lower on Monday as analysts and investor worried about the possibility of recession in the US. Last week, the US Labor Department issued disappointing employment data for December, and reports from the Institute for Supply Management showed that manufacturing had contracted in the month and the [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were higher on Friday. The main exception were Tokyo’s markets, where the Topix had its worst opening day of the year in history, falling 4.32 percent to 1,411.91. The Nikkei also saw substantial declines, dropping 4.03 percent to 14,691.41, while the Mothers market of small and mid-caps fell 4.67 [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Wednesday after reports that the economies in both South Korea and Singapore are slowing and on the news that the bombing of an army bus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, had killed four. The Straits Times index was 0.61 percent lower to 3,461.22 in Singapore on [...]

Equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region were lower on Monday on fears that growing inflation in the United States will cause the Federal Reserve to hold back on further interest rate cuts at a time when the economy is continuing to slow. The Shanghai Composite was down 2.62 percent to 4,876.76 while South Korea’s [...]

Most equities markets in the Asia-Pacific region saw declines on Monday after Swiss bank UBS (SWX: USBN; NYSE: UBS; TYO: 8657) took $10 billion in writedowns, renewing concerns that losses from the US subprime mortgage crisis have not yet seen their peak. The major exception among losses in the region’s markets was the Shanghai [...]

Most Asia-Pacific equities markets were lower on Monday after bank regulators in China instructed banks there to hold back on lending until year’s end. The only major exception was in Australia, where the S&P/ASX200 added 1.13 percent to 6,535.2 and the Sydney Ordinaries gained 1.15 percent to 6,601.3 on speculation that the worst of [...]

Asia-Pacific equities market retreated Thursday after Wednesday’s substantial gains as investors worried that consumer spending is slowing in the US. A Commerce Department report said that sales in US department stores was 0.5 percent lower in October, while Macy’s (NYSE: M) predicted that same-store sales could decline in the fourth quarter and cut its [...]

Wall Street closed lower on mixed signals concerning the subprime crisis. While Bears Stearns’ (NYSE: BSC) CFO said that his company will take $1.2 billion in write downs in the fourth quarter, less than had been feared, HSBC (LSE: HSBA; NYSE: HBC; Euronext: HSBC; SEHK: 005) warned that it will have to write down [...]