Asian Stocks

Asian stocks were mostly in the red on Monday ahead of the Bank of Japan's meeting on Thursday. Japan's central bank may introduce negative lending rates, at least according to Kathy Lien of BK Asset Management. CNBC quoted the analyst as saying in a note, "There are now reports...

Asian stocks were mostly higher on Thursday, led by Japan's Nikkei index that gained 2.70 percent. Bloomberg reported that Japan's stock market likely gained on positive commentary that the Bank of Japan will likely increase their asset purchase program at next week's meeting on...

Asian stocks were mostly lower during Wednesday's trading session, led by a more than 2 percent decline in China's Shanghai index. According to China Daily, the selloff in Chinese equities were attributed to market speculations that monetary easing will be less likely following recent...

Asian equities were mostly higher during Tuesday's trading session, led by a 3.68 percent gain in Japan's Nikkei index. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index gained 1.26 percent, Australia's ASX index gained 0.96 percent, India's Mumbai Sensex index gained 0.74 percent and China's...

Crude oil plummeted more than 6 percent during Asia's trading session after a meeting in Doha between OPEC and non-OPEC members failed to reach a consensus conclusion. Representatives of some of the world's largest oil exporting nations gathered in Qatar to discuss a freeze in...

Asian stocks closed flat to slightly lower on Friday after data from China's government showed the economy grew 6.7 percent on-year in the first quarter. The government's figure was in-line with expectations, but marking a decrease from the 6.8 percent growth seen in the prior quarter....

Asian equities were mostly higher during Thursday's trading session, led by a 3.23 percent gain in Japan's Nikkei 225 index as traders and investors likely embraced the yen's recent weakness against the U.S. dollar. The Nikkei index soared 3.23 percent on Thursday and outperformed...

U.S. equity futures were trading in positive territory ahead of Wednesday's opening bell, as investors and traders were likely taking cues from Asia's trading session. Major Asian equity indices closed noticeably higher following China's announcement that its dollar-denominated exports for March...