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The Bank of Japan raised and the yen fell anyway. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.38 percent higher at 65,018.95 on Friday after the Bank lifted its policy rate a quarter point to around 1.25 percent, its highest since 1995 on the network’s account, and the yen still weakened 1.24 percent to 157.90 to the dollar…

Asia split on Thursday over the first session after the Federal Reserve’s quarter point rise: Hong Kong’s Base Rate moved to 4.25 percent under the peg’s own formula and the Hang Seng led the board’s decliners at 0.44 percent lower, while Taiwan’s Taiex led the gainers at 0.96 percent higher and Tokyo’s broad Topix outran…

Every index on our Asia board except one rose on Wednesday, with Korea’s Kospi the day’s best at 1.37 percent higher and Singapore’s Straits Times the only decliner at 0.06 percent lower, as the region traded its last full session before the Federal Reserve’s decision with a quarter point rise almost fully priced: Fed funds…

Every index on our Asia board fell on Tuesday, with Singapore’s Straits Times the worst at 1.39 percent and Japan’s Nikkei 225 the most resilient at 0.01 percent lower, as United States Treasury yields at their highest since 2007 and oil firmly above 100 dollars a barrel pressed on the region a day after every…

Asia’s chip heavy markets fell on Monday after the leaders of rival artificial intelligence laboratories united behind a call to slow the technology’s development. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 3.26 percent to 6,684.37, the region’s steepest fall, with the chip heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics closing down more than 6 percent and 4 percent, per…

Asia Pacific equities closed broadly lower on Friday, with the technology heavy Japanese and South Korean markets leading the retreat, as a deepening global bond selloff pushed the United States 10 year Treasury yield to its highest since October 2023 and Brent crude held above 100 dollars a barrel through the session. Japan’s Nikkei 225…

Asian equity markets were mostly lower on Thursday, tracking Wall Street’s overnight decline as Brent crude held above 100 dollars a barrel, with 7 of the 10 benchmarks on our board down and 3 modestly higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng was the weakest, down 1.27 percent, and Australia’s ASX 200 fell 1.03 percent, while Japan’s…

Asian equity markets split on Wednesday as crude oil extended its rally, with Brent crude topping 100 dollars a barrel in Asian trading after attacks on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia, per CNBC. South Korea’s Kospi led with a gain of 1.40 percent, carried by its chipmakers, while India’s Nifty 50 was the weakest of…

Asia fell on Tuesday as oil moved toward 100 dollars a barrel. Japan’s Nikkei 225 lost 1,130.51 points, or 1.70 percent, to 65,269.33, and the Topix fell 1.83 percent to 4,050.33, with the yen at 153.96 per dollar at our 10:07 GMT capture after touching 153 earlier in the session, its strongest since February, per…