Japanese Market Marginally Lower In Choppy Trade
TOKYO (dpa-AFX) - The Japanese stock market is marginally lower in choppy trading on Thursday, extending the sharp losses of the previous session, with the benchmark Nikkei 225 hovering around the 28,000 mark, as traders digest local core machine orders, imports, exports and trade balance data. The cues overnight from Wall Street were also negative.
According to reports, the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda has warned that downward pressure on economic activities due to the ongoing pandemic could grow stronger due to uncertainty over the pace of the country s vaccination rollout. The Japanese economy shrank more than expected in the first three months of 2021.
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets snapped the losing streak and are mostly higher on Friday, after three straight sessions of losses, following the broadly positive cues overnight from Wall
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Asian Shares Rise As Inflation Fears Ebb
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks advanced on Friday as comments from Federal Reserve officials helped ease inflation fears.
Increases in prices above the Federal Reserve s 2 percent goal should be temporary and the Fed would not raise rates until it sees inflation above target for a long time, said Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller on Thursday.
Fed policymakers Lael Brainard and Richard Clarida made similar comments on Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively.
Chinese shares rallied, led by financial and healthcare firms. The benchmark Shanghai Composite index jumped 60.84 points, or 1.77 percent, to 3,490.38 while Hong Kong s Hang Seng index climbed 308.90 points, or 1.11 percent, to 28,027.57.