Investors piled into Chinese stocks after news broke that China’s GDP surpassed Japan’s for 2010, making the People’s Republic the world’s second largest economy after the U.S. The Shanghai Composite climbed 2.5% and in Hong Ko…
Positive earnings outlooks among some of Japan’s major companies continued to boost investor sentiment. Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index added 0.4% to close at 10,636. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 0.3% to end the day at 23,484. Markets i…
Japanese investors were giddy with excitement as positive earnings reports and the announcement of a major merger flooded the news. The Nikkei 225 advanced 1.1% on Friday, while markets in Hong Kong and China remained closed fo…
Lower than expected earnings numbers from Japanese blue-chip companies dragged the Nikkei lower Thursday, as did the outbreak of violence in Egypt.
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Impressive earnings reports for blue chip U.S. companies and a rise in U.S. manufacturing data bolstered markets across Asia.
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