Hang Seng gains on China’s AI optimism, while Nikkei falters on a stronger Yen. ASX 200 surges as rate cut bets fuel banking and tech stocks.

Relatively strong sales forecasts from Apple overnight helped support market sentiment. European stocks were up 0.4% in early trading ...

The yen was set for its best January performance since 2018 on Friday, driven by the expectation for Japanese interest rates ...

Bank of Japan (BoJ) Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Friday that underlying inflation is still somewhat below 2%. Ueda added that ...

Japan needs to promote digitalisation as rising inflation and interest rates will increase demand for new financial services ...

Most Asian markets edged up Friday at the end of a week beset by volatility after China's DeepSeek unveiled a groundbreaking chatbot, while sentiment was dampened after Donald Trump confirmed he hit ...

Asian shares wavered on Friday, weighed down by the return of tech-heavy South Korean stocks from holidays, but relatively strong earnings from US tech giants kept risk sentiment intact while tariff ...

In Japan, the yen was last a touch stronger at 154.19 per dollar, having already climbed more than 1% for the week thus far.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s goal of getting the annual budget passed – and perhaps the fate of his own political ...

Asian stock markets are doing well to absorb the latest Fed and ECB meetings with the added volatility of a Japanese inflation print and subsequent BOJ comments giving Yen a reprieve after the USD ...

The yen made broad gains on Thursday as Japan looks on track to keep raising interest rates as others cut, with the European Central Bank seen certain to deliver just the latest in a string of easings ...

The yen made broad gains on Thursday as Japan looks on track to keep raising interest rates as others cut, with the European ...