Chinese policy makers are scratching their heads after a raft of measures meant to cool the country’s red-hot real estate market seem to have done little to accomplish their aim. Rising property shares sent Hong Kong’s Hang Sen…
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…
There are warning signs that Hong Kong property prices have hit their peak, and today real estate firms dragged the Hang Seng index lower. Despite the drum beats of the lion dancers specially booked to celebrate Chinese New Yea…
Markets in Asia were mixed Tuesday. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index rose 1% to 23,760 and in China the Shanghai Composite Index crept up 0.4% to 2,804. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index inched down 0.3% to 10,511 upon returning fr…
Shares closed lower in Asia on Monday. In China the Shanghai Composite fell 1.7% to 2,792 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index dropped 0.7% to 23,527. Markets in Japan were closed in celebration of Coming of Age Day.
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