Asian Market

The pair turns cautious after hitting new 2023 highs, as inflation picked up in Japan, but still heads towards one of its best weeks of the year, due to the greenback’s strength

The JPN225 is trading at its highest levels since August 1990. It is up over 6% month-to-date and up over 16% over the last 12 months.

The Chinese economy has been reopening after the abandonment of the strict Covid containment policies, but April’s indicators cast doubt over the prospects of the recovery

In the first meeting under new Governor Mr Ueda, the BoJ stood pat on its easy policy setting, but tweaked its forward guidance and upgraded its inflation forecast

Take a look at some corporations that will be on our focus over the coming months, as the second quarter and the new earnings season get underway against a highly uncertain backdrop, due to the recent banking turmoil

The two Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startups released solid deliveries for the second quarter of the year, while China was the biggest market last year

Against a backdrop of high inflation, tightening monetary environment and recession fears that has been detrimental to global stock markets, we take a look at some companies that will be on our radar over the coming months

The Bank of Japan did not make any changes to its ultra-loose monetary policy, but made a rare reference in the foreign exchange, give the Yen’s weakness

During the week of May 16-20 Twitter remained in the spotlight, Wall Street languished as poor results from major retailers reignited fears of stagflation, China’s Xiaomi saw a revenue drop, while more news were in the spotlight

After a difficult start to the year for global stock markets, the new quarter gets underway and we take a look at some companies that will be in our radar over the coming months