CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks ended mostly lower on Wednesday as the dollar and U.S. bond yields ticked higher following hawkish Fed comments and a poor two-year and five-year note auction.
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to initial weakness on Wall Street on Wednesday, with stocks likely to move mostly lower following the mixed performance seen in the previous session.
Japan s Nikkei share average
fell as much as 2% on the first trading day of 2024, as airline,
construction and utilities reacted to Tuesday s aircraft
collision and the powerful earthquake that hit.
Japan s Nikkei share average
slipped more than 1% on Monday as cautious investors awaited
hints from the Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda for a
possible shift in its ultra-low rates policy. .
Japan s Nikkei share average
ended more than 1% lower on Thursday, as technology heavyweights
tracked their U.S. peers declines after the Federal Reserve
stiffened its hawkish stance with a further.