Asian stock markets fell Wednesday in holiday-thinned trading after the pace of China’s manufacturing growth slowed in April, raising fears of a weaker recovery in the world’s second-largest economy.
Asian stock markets rose Thursday after a Federal Reserve survey found the U.S. economy improved in 2012 and earnings from a handful of big banks far exceeded expectations.
Asian stock markets remained in a holding pattern Thursday as investors assessed President Barack Obama’s comments that reaching a budget deal to prevent the U.S. from a possible recession was “not that tough” and could even be done quickly.
Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as traders refrained from major steps ahead of the US presidential election and a leadership change in China.
Asian stock markets rose Thursday as investors kept their sights on a possible improvement in the Chinese economy.
Asian stock markets fell Thursday after Spain, the fourth-largest euro economy, was slapped with a two-notch credit downgrade and the U.S. earnings season opened with a whimper.
Encouraging retail sales and a better-than-expected jobs report from the U.S. helped boost Asian stock markets Friday ahead of a monthly report on employment in the world’s top economy.
Asian stock markets staged a modest recovery Tuesday as the initial shockwaves from election results in Europe faded.
Asian stock markets fell Thursday after a weak Spanish bond auction inflamed concerns about the European debt crisis and hopes faded for more help for the US economy from the Federal Reserve.
Asian stocks rose Tuesday, lifted by a positive report on US manufacturing, but shares in Japan sank as a strengthening yen hurt the country’s powerhouse export sector.
Asian stock markets edged higher Thursday as Chinese manufacturing improved for the third month in a row in a sign of renewed strength in the global economy.
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, powered higher by the strongest close for US stocks since before the 2008 financial crisis.
