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Traders are keeping tabs on Tokyo after the yen hit a fresh 34-year low against the dollar

Asian Markets Mixed As Global Rally Stalls, Eyes On Yen

Equities were mixed Thursday as investors turned cautious after the past three days' sizeable gains, with Meta's warning that it will spend far more than expected this year fuelling worries that the latest tech-led rally may have gone too far.

Most Asian Markets Rise With Earnings, US Data In View

Investors are hoping Amazon and other tech titans including Apple and Alphabet can deliver strong earnings this week
Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday, with hopes for earnings this week from tech titans helping to offset worries about the Federal Reserve's interest rate plans ahead of the release of key US growth and inflation data.
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Asian markets mostly rose Monday following US gains and ahead of a Chinese legislative session where Beijing's annual growth target and other key policies will be announced

Stock Markets Waver After Tokyo Record

Global stock markets wavered on Monday even as Tokyo closed at an all-time high, while oil prices retreated despite a decision by major crude producers to extend output cuts.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022 sent oil prices soaring to $140

Several Countries Extend Oil Cuts To Boost Prices

Moscow, Riyadh and several other OPEC+ members on Sunday announced extensions to oil production cuts first announced in 2023 as part of an agreement among oil producers to boost prices following economic uncertainty.
Bitcoin is climbing toward its all-time high of $68,991

Bitcoin Tops $60,000, Approaches All-time High

Bitcoin passed the $60,000 mark on Wednesday, approaching its all-time high and continuing its unbridled rise since the approval of a new type of investment indexed to the cryptocurrency.
Online discussion platform Reddit is looking to ramp up revenue from ads, commerce, and allowing access to its data for training of large language models powering artificial intelligence

Reddit Files To Go Public As 'RDDT' On NYSE

Reddit on Thursday told US stock regulators that it plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RDDT." Reddit did not provide details regarding the number or price of shares nor when the initial public offering would occur.
Mainland China's shares fell on Tuesday, as its central bank announced a record cut to a benchmark lending rate, hoping to boost its struggling economy

Global Stocks Mostly Lower Despite China Rate Cut

Wall Street and European stocks mostly fell on Tuesday as gains made in Asia after China's central bank sprang a record cut to a benchmark lending rate to boost the nation's struggling economy failed to carry over.
The dollar's rise back above 150 yen for the first time since November has prompted Japanese officials to warn they were keeping a close eye on movements in forex markets

Stocks Bounce After Data-induced Drop

European and US stocks rebounded Wednesday from the previous day's sharp losses, as dealers went fishing for bargains, digested lower-than-expected UK inflation and shrugged off equity losses elsewhere.
Traders are lasering on the US consumer price index data due later in the day

Global Stocks Drop On Sticky US Inflation

Stocks in the United States and Europe slumped on Tuesday while the dollar climbed as data showed that US inflation slowed less than expected in January, diminishing chances of an early interest rate cut.
The former Soviet republic of 10 million people brimming with hydrocarbons

Gas Booming For UN COP29 Host Azerbaijan

Following the UN's COP28 climate talks in oil-fuelled Dubai, the COP29 conference is headed for the historic cradle of oil, Azerbaijan, which is in the midst of a gas boom.
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