Asian shares follow Wall Street lower after stronger-than-expected data

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Monday in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks closed out their worst week since early December. U.S. futures edged higher while oil prices fell. Reports on inflation, the jobs...

Asian markets slide ahead of U.S. inflation update

BEIJING — Asian stock markets sank Monday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that traders worry might lead to more interest rate hikes. The Nikkei 225 NIK, -1.06% in Tokyo sank 1% while the Shanghai Com...

Asian shares mostly rise, but Hang Seng drops over 2% as Alibaba tumbles on reports of headquarter shift

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were trading mixed in Asia on Monday after Wall Street benchmarks closed higher on Friday, capping a third week of gains out of the last four. Tokyo and Shanghai rose while Hong ...

One of Wall Street’s biggest bulls last year says he’s learned his lesson and isn’t chasing stocks right now

The young new year has been all about reversion to the mean. Take the ARK Innovation ETF ARKK, -2.94% — Cathie Wood’s flagship fund of mostly unprofitable tech companies has stormed 19% higher in 2023...

Asian markets mostly rise ahead of Fed update

BEIJING — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday ahead of the release of minutes from a Federal Reserve meeting that investors hope might show the U.S. central bank is moderating its plans for more intere...

Asian shares rise in thin holiday trading, with U.S., European markets closed

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong Kong, Sydney and several other places closed. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index NIK, +0.65% gained 0.6% to...

Why the Bank of Japan’s surprise policy twist is rattling global markets

Anchors aweigh? The Bank of Japan sent shock waves through global financial markets Tuesday, effectively loosening a cap on 10-year government bond yields in a surprise move seen as potentially pointi...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Jump as Jackson Hole Selloff Eases

Text size Wall Street saw its worst day in months last Friday. Angels Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Stocks were set to snap a two-day losing streak ignited by hawkish comments from Federal Reserve Chairm...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slip as Jackson Hole Speech From Fed’s Powell Looms

Text size Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s speech scheduled for Friday has hung over markets all week. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Stocks were heading for losses Friday as a major catalyst loomed, wit...

Stock Market Today: U.S. Futures Wobble, Global Stocks Rise on July 4 Holiday

Text size Wall Street is closed for the Fourth of July. Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty Images Global stocks were mostly higher and U.S. futures wavered on the Fourth of July. While it is set to be a quiet day...

Asian markets mostly fall ahead of U.S. holiday

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring...

Stock Market Today: Global Stocks, U.S. Futures Move Higher on Memorial Day

Text size Stock and bond trading will resume on Wall Street on Tuesday after Memorial Day. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks and U.S. futures rose on Monday amid a quiet day for markets due ...

Dow books 4th day of gains, stocks rally after Fed minutes signal flexibility on interest rate hikes

Stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors took away a message of flexibility from the release of minutes of the early May Federal Reserve meeting about its path to higher interest rates. How did sto...

Dow makes 612-point turnaround as Nasdaq leads rebound in final hour of trading

U.S. stocks rallied in the final hour of trading on Monday as some investors interpreted the 10-year Treasury yield’s breach of 3% as a sign that the bond-market’s selloff may have exhausted itself fo...

Stock Market Today: Dow Futures Slide, Oil Prices Fall With Earnings Ahead

Stocks were falling on Monday, extending declines from Friday as investor attention remained on Federal Reserve policy and U.S. corporate earnings. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreat...

Asian markets tumble amid worries about earnings, Fed rate hike

TOKYO — Asian shares declined Monday after U.S. stocks ended last week on a tumble as global markets’ expectations for higher interest rates continued to set the tone. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK...

Stock Market Today: Dow Dips, Boeing Slides, and Oil Rises With Ukraine in Focus

Text size The S&P 500 saw its best week since November 2020 last week. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Stocks weren’t doing all that much Monday as markets digest last week’s large gains and the pri...

S&P 500 marks 1st death cross in 2 years as investors assess Russia-Ukraine ahead of Fed decision

Dow industrials barely gained on Monday, while the S&P 500 logged its first death cross in two years and the Nasdaq Composite slumped to its lowest since December 2020, as investors monitored Russ...

Hang Seng slumps 3% over COVID lockdown worries, oil falls as Russian attacks in Ukraine intensify

BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed in Asia and oil prices fell Monday as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation kept investors guessing about what lies ahead. Tokyo and Sydn...

Stock Market Today: Dow Falls, Gold and Oil Surge, Bed Bath & Beyond Soars

Text size Gold prices marched higher Monday, as investors fled to havens amid declines in stocks. DAVID GRAY/AFP/Getty Images Stocks plunged Monday and investors sought havens as oil prices hit the hi...

Asian markets tumble as oil prices shoot higher amid calls for more sanctions against Russia

TOKYO — The price of oil jumped more than $10 a barrel and Asian markets were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent c...

Stock Market Today: Dow Tumbles With Ukraine in Focus, Oil Surges, Gold Pops

Stocks tumbled into the start of a new trading week, as the invasion of Ukraine and a wave of new sanctions on Russia weighed on investor sentiment. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 4...

Dow surges nearly 800 points and aims for best day in over a year as Nasdaq, S&P 500 erase weekly losses and angst over Russia-Ukraine clash gives way to buying

U.S. stock benchmarks were trading sharply higher Friday as investors who were cautious about buying at the onset of the military clash in Eastern Europe were turning eager to hunt down bargains. The ...

Stock Market Today: Overseas Stocks Fall as Russia-Ukraine Tensions Simmer

Text size Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden have agreed in principle to a summit in Europe. AFP via Getty Images Global stocks fell on Monday as tensions remained high over the Russian military buildup on ...

Stock Market Today: Global Shares Rise as U.S. Markets Pause for M.L.K. Jr. Day

Text size Wall Street trading will return in force Tuesday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images Global stocks moved slightly Monday in what is expected to be a quiet trading session, with U.S. markets c...