MARKETS

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.

KOSPI down 0.76 percent while Shanghai Composite index sheds 0.86 percent. Nikkei up 0.04 percent

Nikkei average gains 0.08 percent while Shanghai index rises 0.09 percent. KOSPI drops 0.42 percent.

Rosneft, Russia's state-controlled energy firm, is one step closer to becoming the world's biggest oil company after reaching a $55bn deal with BP and a group of investors.

Nikkei ends 0.09 percent higher while Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite index are up 0.68 and 0.21 percent. KOSPI slides 0.12 percent.

Nikkei drops 0.05 percent while KOSPI and Shanghai Composite index slide 0.52 percent and 0.46 percent. Hang Seng gains 0.12 percent.

Major Asian markets gained in the week after Chinese economic figures and US quarterly earnings encourage investors.

Nikkei average ends 0.22 percent while KOSPI and Shanghai drop 0.79 percent and 0.16 percent. Hang Seng gains 0.15 percent.

Nikkei average slides 0.14 percent while KOSPI and Shanghai drop 0.75 and 0.04 percent. Hang Seng gains 0.18 percent.

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Greece's biggest general strike today has seen thousands of people take to the streets in Athens and stand alongside the two main trade unions, protesting against more planned spending cuts.

Procedural mistakes are costing Barclays dearly, because not only did they have to cough up £290m in fines for their part in rigging the interbank lending rate.

Nikkei average ends 2 percent while KOSPI gains 0.20 percent. Shanghai index and Hang Seng up 1.24 and 0.48 percent.

Nikkei climbs 1.66 percent while KOSPI gains 0.15 percent. Shanghai and Hong Kong markets rise 0.52 and 0.48 percent.

Nikkei jumped 1.21 percent while KOSPI ended 0.70 percent higher. Shanghai Composite Index and Hang Seng were up 0.32 and 0.99 percent.

Nikkei gained 1.33 percent while KOSPI and Hang Seng rose 0.85 and 0.81 percent. Shanghai index eased 0.11 percent.