ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a negative day today: NIKKEI 225 decreased 610.92 points or -2.19% to 27,222.04 Shanghai decreased 23.38 points or -0.72% to 3,245.31 Hang Seng decreased 448.01 points or -2.27% to 19,247.96 ASX 200 decreased 99.90 points or -1.41% to 7,008.90 Kospi decreased 61.63 points or -2.56% to 2,348.97 SENSEX
ASIA: The Agricultural Bank of China, one of the country's largest commercial lenders, has pledged stronger financial support for spring farming. The bank said it will strive to issue more than 160 billion yuan ($23.48 billion) in loans for spring farming preparations this year and will improve the efficiency of financial services. The financial
ASIA: Rising home prices and rentals in large Indian cities could pose a new challenge to the country's central bank in its fight against inflation, even though headline consumer price rises have likely peaked, analysts warn. Housing rentals and ancillary costs have a 10.07% weightage in India's consumer price inflation basket and are near three-year
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 112.52 points or 0.40% to 27,954.85 Shanghai decreased 2.72 points or -0.09% to 3,176.33 Hang Seng increased 132.57 points or 0.68% to 19,596.20 Kospi decreased 0.62 points or -0.03% to 2,372.40 ASX 200 increased 22.50 points or 0.31% to 7,203.30
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: NIKKEI 225 increased 26.70 points or 0.10% to 27,990.17 Shanghai increased 50.68 points or 1.64% to 3,134.08 Hang Seng increased 723.41 points or 4.11% to 18,343.12 Kospi increased 5.68 points or 0.23% to 2,480.33 ASX 200 decreased 4.70 points or -0.07% to 7,141.60