Weeks volatility reduced, stocks moving to the upside. In singapore, coming into the mix am a john has a look at all of that. The nikkei entering correction territory off 10 . Nowmsci asia stocks index down in correction off from its high in september. There is a slight recovery today in those markets are open. Dontia and also taiwan take them out of the equation the nikkei now is storming ahead after significant moves last week and the correction today is rising 2 , a strong gain their. Exported. Anies up 6 . Only one declining out of all 220 five stocks on the nikkei. There it is. A marginal decline in the rest gains showing you the dominant Performance Today from the nikkei. Australia wine 1 having a very strong week five sessions in a row now. Gains from the benchmark. And weston area. These are the ones seeing the gains. Pointing quickly to this one, the nikkei before the correction today and there it is. This may beows you because it was feeling oversold and now its time to buy.
This is bangkok, live at midnight. Spectacular scenes in the capital of thailand. There was a pause on the dot at midnight. Perhaps someone had lost the key moment. But in the end, it was worth waiting for. Those fireworks will no doubt continue for a number of minutes as people in thailand celebrate the arrival of 2020. Those images matching some of those we have shown you around the
world in the previous hours in cities like auckland, sydney, where there was controversy over the rights and wrongs of the fireworks display in sydney harbour. Pictures from tokyo. We showed you what happened one hour ago in hong kong, a more low key celebration because the annual firework display did not happen because of security concerns. There was instead a light show. But now the scenes in bangkok and i think you will probably agree that they are pretty good. Plenty more capital is to visit, of course, in the coming hours, and we will show you some of the preparations going on in this country as midn
Crisis continues. And in 20 minutes, sportsday takes a look at the new years days fixtures and whether anyone can catch liverpool at the top of the premier league. Good evening. Thousands of people in south eastern australia have been forced to seek refuge on beaches and boats after becoming trapped by advancing bush fires. In the state of victoria, 4000 people, locals and tourists alike, prepared to flee into the ocean as a last resort. Military aircraft and naval ships are being deployed to carry out evacuations and support firefighters. In New South Wales, two more people have been killed and dozens of Properties Destroyed along a stretch of coastline. 0ur sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, reports. This is what uncontrollable blazes pushed by strong winds have done to towns across eastern australia. And this is what firefighters have been up against for weeks now. This crew trapped in their fire engine as they fight an impossible battle. In the coastal town of batemans bay in Ne
China Evergrande's former CEO, who Chinese regulators recently said was "uncontactable", has sold his home in Hong Kong at a loss of HK$74 million ($9.48 million) from the purchase price, according to a property agent. Xia Haijun last month sold a 2,834 net sq ft (263 sq m) five-bedroom duplex flat in North Point Mid-Levels district on Hong Kong island for HK$82 million, said Gary Lam, a senior sales director at real estate agency Centaline. Xia, who stepped down from the embattled Chinese developer in 2022 after an internal probe found he was involved in diverting loans worth $2 billion secured by unit Evergrande Property Services to the group, bought the flat from New World Development in 2019, according to records from the Land Registry.
From July 7-13, the northeastern town of Nakhon Phanom will host an annual worship ritual to pay homage to Phaya Si Sattanakharat Monument, which sits at the Mekong riverbank.