Equities markets in Asia and the Pacific were mixed on Wednesday, with most major markets seeing declines on the session. The most notable decline came in India, where the Sensex dropped 1.76 percent to 18,715.82 after dropping nearly 10 percent at one point in the day, forcing trade to stop for an hour. The declines [...]

Asia-Pacific equities markets were mixed again on Wednesday. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng closed above the 24,000 level for the first time, ending the session 0.77 percent higher to 24,069.17. Other gainers on the day included the Shanghai Composite, which added 0.31 percent to 5,310.72 and the Straits Times index in Singapore, which ended [...]

European markets were lower on the session, led by declines in banks that are still beset by problems in the credit market. The FTSE Eurofirst 300 was 1.28 percent lower to 1,493.85. In Frankfurt the Dax dropped 0.66 percent to 7,425.07, while the IBEX was down 1.21 percent to 14,553.1 in Madrid and the Paris [...]

Markets in the Asia-Pacific region were mostly lower on Monday. The main exception was in India, where the Sensex added 0.25 percent to 15,311.22. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries dropped 0.11 percent to 6,418.4. The Straits Times index in Singapore was 0.35 percent lower to 3, 652.23, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index [...]

In Asia and the Pacific on Friday, equities markets were mostly higher. The main exception was the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong, which dropped 0.15 percent to 20,602.87. In India, the Sensex added 0.18 percent to 14,570.75, while in Australia the Sydney Ordinaries gained 0.34 percent to 6,363.5. The Straits Times index in Singapore [...]

With the exception of Tokyo’s equities markets, Asian and Pacific markets were higher on Thursday. The Straits Times index in Singapore added 0.24 percent to 3,525.51, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index gained 0.27 percent to 20,994.61. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries closed at 6,370.1, a gain of 1.1 percent, while the Sensex [...]

Most Asian and Pacific equities markets were lower on Tuesday. The exception was the Straits Times index in Singapore, which added 0.42 percent to 3,475.08 by the close. Elsewhere, the Sensex dropped 0.26 percent to 6,297.3 in India, while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng index fell 0.53 percent to 20,868.15 after huge gains on [...]

Asian and Pacific equities markets were mixed on Monday. In Australia, the Sydney Ordinaries added 0.08 percent to 6,192.2, while in India the Sensex was 0.22 percent higher to 13,928.33 and the Straits Times index in Singapore gained 0.83 percent to 3,388.48. On the other hand, the Hang Seng index dropped 0.05 percent to 20,556.57 [...]

The equities markets in New York were mixed without moving much of anywhere by the middle of the afternoon on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.2 percent to 10,762.97. The Nasdaq Composite was also up 0.2 percent to 2,041.49, while the S&P 500 was barely down, just 0.24 points, to 1,235.96. While [...]

The Tokyo equities markets saw gains on Friday as both domestic and export-focused sectors were up on the day. The markets had seen substantial declines earlier in the week. The Nikkei 225 added 1.8 percent Friday to 15,970.76, while the Topix index was also 1.8 percent higher to 1,613.78. Banks were up 2.5 percent as [...]