China's stock market concludes up
On Thursday, China's stock market concluded up due to strengthening sectors of oil and gas equipment, insurance as well as gas and water supply…
Asian stocks are in the green on American tax cut hopes
On Friday, Asian stocks mostly gained on prospects for tax cuts in America, with the financial markets cautious, reacting to a suspected terrorist shooting in Paris several days ahead of presidential polls in France.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.73%. The Kospi ascended 0.81%, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 made revenues of 0.58%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index grew 0.18%, while the Shanghai Composite revived moderately, adding 0.07%.
Samsung Electronics leapt 2.38%, following the long-awaited release of its new Galaxy S8 smartphone in Seoul, on Friday. The company told that the previous week that pre-orders for the Galaxy S8 had exceeded those for the S7.
Overnight, American shares closed higher on Thursday because risk-on sentiment got back after a sturdy batch of corporate earnings as well as bullish comments on tax reform from US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
The three key American indexes were still on track to conclude the week in positive territory. It’s because corporate earnings overshadowed geopolitical events, while economic data turned to be weaker than expected.
Similar
European indices edge up on statistical data
On Thursday, stock indices of Western European countries concluded in positive territory on expectations of positive corporate reporting as well as signals on mitigation of some factors of geopolitical tension…
Asian stock markets edge up
On Wednesday, stock indices in the countries of the Asia-Pacific region traded in the green zone on expectations of a positive reporting season as well as optimistic geopolitical signals…
Popular
Common currency gives up revenues as Macron wins French election
On Monday, the euro drifted away from peaks reached in the Asian session because market participants took profits from its revenues after centrist Emmanuel Macron's win over the far-right Marine Le Pen in France's presidential election…
Most Asian stocks post strong revenues with Nikkei rising more than 2%
On Monday, Asian stocks traded mostly higher, with Shanghai bucking the trend because centrist Emmanuel Macron fully matched opinion survey hopes and left anti-EU far-right nominee Marine Le Pen behind…
Japan real wages surge is slowest in almost two years
Japan's March real wages went down at the fastest pace in nearly two years, weighed by minor nominal pay lifts as well as a moderate ascend in consumer prices, thus posing a setback for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's tries to revitalize the Japanese…
Deposit with your local payment systems
