Asian stocks edged back up towards a three-month high and the dollar eased towards three-month lows on Thursday, hit by soft US data that highlighted the patchy nature of the US economic recovery. An unexpected drop in US June durable goods orders and a downbeat Federal Reserve take on the economy were the latest in [...]

Indias National Stock Exchange (NSE) is considering listing stock index futures on the Tokyo Stock Exchange later this year, the Nikkei business daily reported quoting its chief executive officer.
The NSE is also in talks with a major online brokerage on building a sales framework for individual investors, the Nikkei quoted CEO Ravi Narain as saying.
If [...]

A benchmark index for Indian equities was trading lower on Monday afternoon despite positive Asian markets.
The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 18,056.24 points, was ruling at 18,071.5 points, 59.48 points or 0.33 percent down from its previous close at 18,130.98 points.
At the National Stock Exchange(NSE), the broader [...]

Japan’s Nikkei surged 2.8 per cent and was set to snap a five-day losing streak on Friday, boosted as worries about the results of European bank stress tests eased and by robust US corporate earnings.
Short-covering helped buoy the benchmark Nikkei after it shed nearly 6 per cent in the past five days, market players said, [...]

Asian stock markets surged on Friday on a strong lead from Wall Street and cautious optimism about the results of “stress tests” on eurozone banks, traders said.
Japan’s Nikkei index ended the day up 2.28 percent, or 210.08 points, at 9,430.96 as investors picked up bargains after a five-day losing streak. The Topix index of all [...]

Asian stocks surged on Friday on a strong lead from Wall Street and optimism about the results of “stress tests” on eurozone banks, traders said.
Japan’s Nikkei index ended the day up 2.28 percent, Sydney was up 1.91 percent and Mumbai up 0.1 percent.
Hong Kong rose 1.1 percent and Shanghai 0.38 percent, boosted by the general [...]

The yen neared a 7-1/2-month high and Asian stocks slid on Thursday after comments by the head of the Federal Reserve added to concerns about the US economy, causing investors to dump riskier assets ahead of European bank stress test results.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke described the US outlook as “unusually uncertain” but gave no indication [...]

Japan’s Nikkei average fell nearly 3 percent on Friday for its worst one-day percentage loss in over a month as investors took profits before a long weekend, worried that the yen could rise further towards 15-year highs against the dollar.
Trade was thin as technicals turned increasingly bearish, with some in the market saying large-lot selling [...]

After breaching the 18K mark Sensex continued to hold above the level but seemed to lose momentum and was moving sideways. Meanwhile, realty stocks pushed ahead to take the lead from metals, followed by banking. IT stocks continued to remain weak post Infosys Q1 results but were off lows.
In Asia, stock indices were trading higher [...]

Asia-Pacific markets edged higher on Friday helped by positive news from Europe and the United States but Tokyo ended the week on a subdued note due to nervousness about weekend elections.
Tokyo’s Nikkei index closed up 0.52 percent and the Topix index of all first-section shares up 0.02 percent.
Despite gains on Wall Street, traders were reluctant [...]