MARKETS

Nikkei eases 0.03 percent while KOSPI and Hang Seng gain 0.49 and 0.63 percent respectively. Shanghai index falls 0.01 percent.

Nikkei average gains 0.14 percent on the reports of Obama's re-election while other markets remain cautious.

BMW outperformed expectations by posting a near 14 per cent rise in third quarter profits, in large part due to strong sales from China.

Nikkei average ends 0.36 percent lower while KOSPI gains 1.05 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices slip 0.38 and 0.28 percent.

Nikkei trades 0.35 percent lower while KOSPI is up 0.19 percent. Shanghai and Hong Kong Indices shed 0.36 and 0.26 percent.

Japanese manufacturer claims that its latest model blocks wrinkle-causing UV rays and the air-conditioning pumps out ionically charged particles that make skin softer.

Improved US jobs data fails to cheer

Nikkei trades 0.29 percent lower while KOSPI is down 0.38 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng index gain 0.60 and 1.33 percent.

Italy's goldsmiths hit by high manufacturing costs and heavy duties in importing countries.

Nikkei ends 1.17 percent up while KOSPI gains 1.07 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng have gained 0.60 and 1.33 percent respectively.

Nikkei and KOSPI rise 0.99 percent and 0.93 percent respectively. Hang Seng index gains 1.27 percent while Shanghai index slips to 0.26 percent

Major Asian markets such as Nikkei, Shanghai and Hang Seng end higher but South Korea's KOSPI closes 0.71 percent down.

Nikkei trades 0.08 percent higher while Shanghai and Hang Seng index gain 0.90 and 0.27 percent. KOSPI slid 0.95 percent.

Nikkei average closed 0.98 percent higher while KOSPI was up 0.66 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng gained 0.32 and 0.83 percent.

Nikkei and KOSPI gain 0.96 percent and 0.63 percent respectively. Hang Seng is up 0.51 percent while Shanghai slid 0.14 percent.

Bank of Japan's monitory stimulus plans fail to cheer Asian markets.

Nikkei gains 0.41 percent while KOSPI is up 0.70 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng index rose to 0.25 and 0.10 percent respectively.

Nikkei average ended 0.04 percent lower while KOSPI closed flat at 1891.52. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices slid 0.35 and 0.16 percent

US equity markets will suspend trading on safety concerns as Hurricane Sandy threatens to hit the East Coast early this week.

Nikkei rises 0.24 percent while KOSPI gains 0.35 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices fell 0.17 and 0.15 percent respectively.

Nikkei slips 1.35 percent while South Korea's KOSPI falls 1.72 percent. Shanghai index and Hang Seng slid 1.68 and 1.21 percent respectively.

Major Asian indices trade lower on worries of weak corporate earnings.

Japan's Nikkei ends1.13 percent higher while KOSPI is up 0.55 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai index gain 0.21percent and 0.68 percent.

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Microsoft latest version of its Windows operating system, simply called Windows 8, is finally going on sale around the world. Windows 8 represents a huge re-imagining of Microsoft's software, and for the first time focuses on touchscreen devices.

Nikkei up 0.60 percent while KOSPI gains 0.06 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices rise 0.47 and 0.15 percent.

t's been a dramatic day for the French banking industry with the news that the man who's just been handed a five year jail term for one of the biggest trading frauds in history might well appeal against his sentence.

Nikkei average closes 0.67 percent while KOSPI drops 0.67 percent. Shanghai and Hong Kong indices gain 0.07 percent and 0.31 percent.

Nikkei eases 0.02 percent while KOSPI drops 0.65. Shanghai and Hang Seng gain 0.35 and 0.20 percent.