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Global · Aug 24, 2026 · 4 min read
South Korea's domestic banks generated a record 32.2 trillion won in interest income in the first half of 2026, yet stronger core…
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Japan · Aug 21, 2026 · 6 min read
Asia extended Thursday's rebound into the weekly close on Friday, with Hong Kong leading the region above a round-number mark, while the…
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Japan · Aug 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Asia rebounded on Thursday almost as hard as it had fallen a day earlier, while most Gulf markets absorbed a sharp escalation…
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Global · Aug 20, 2026 · 3 min read
Korean household credit reached 2,019.8 trillion won at the end of June, the first reading above two thousand trillion. The quarterly increase…
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Japan · Aug 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Asia's selloff turned into a rout on Wednesday, led by the chip complex, while the Gulf split and Kuwait advanced, per CNBC.…
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Japan · Aug 18, 2026 · 7 min read
Asia sold off on Tuesday while the Gulf steadied, an inversion of Monday's map, as the first full session after the 60-day…
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Japan · Aug 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Gulf equities slipped broadly on Monday while China rallied, as the 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired with no…
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Japan · Aug 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Egyptian and Saudi equities led a broadly firm Sunday session across the Middle East and North Africa, with the EGX 30 climbing…
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Japan · Aug 14, 2026 · 6 min read
South Korea's Kospi led Asia for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, closing 2.42 percent higher, while the region split and the…
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Japan · Aug 13, 2026 · 7 min read
South Korea's Kospi surged for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, adding 3.56 percent, while North Asia broadly advanced, mainland China fell…
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Japan · Aug 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Asian equities carried the session on Wednesday, led by a 3.68 percent surge in South Korea's Kospi, while Gulf bourses closed mostly…
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Japan · Aug 11, 2026 · 5 min read
Regional and Asian markets turned cautious on Tuesday, the final session before US inflation data that will test the week's entire narrative,…
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The Bank of Korea raised its Base Rate by 25 basis points to 3.00 percent on August 27, 2026, its 2nd consecutive increase after a July hike that had been its 1st in more than 3 years, as the Monetary Policy Board acted to contain inflation risks and cool household debt and housing prices even…
Two of Asia’s most semiconductor-heavy markets led the region higher on Wednesday, hours before Nvidia reports second-quarter results. Taiwan’s Taiex rose 1.47 percent to 45,832.62, the strongest of the eleven benchmarks we track, and South Korea’s Kospi added 0.97 percent to 6,808.21. Seven of the eleven finished higher, and the spread between best and worst…
Asian equities were broadly higher on Tuesday, with nine of the 11 benchmarks we track advancing as investors positioned ahead of Nvidia’s second quarter results on Wednesday. South Korea produced the sharpest turn, the Kospi closing 0.68 percent higher at 6,742.74 after a heavily negative start, recouping roughly a fifth of Monday’s 3.1 percent loss….
Asian equities closed mostly lower on Monday, and the regional headline hid a wide spread beneath it. South Korea’s Kospi fell 3.12 percent to 6,696.96, the Shenzhen Component lost 2.13 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng dropped 1.89 percent and Taiwan’s Taiex declined 1.02 percent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 0.74 percent and the Shanghai Composite 0.59…
South Korea’s domestic banks generated a record 32.2 trillion won in interest income in the first half of 2026, yet stronger core banking earnings were not enough to prevent net profit from falling, as higher market interest rates produced substantial securities losses. The Financial Supervisory Service said the 20 domestic banks posted 13.8 trillion won…
Asia extended Thursday’s rebound into the weekly close on Friday, with Hong Kong leading the region above a round-number mark, while the United Arab Emirates, the only Gulf market open on Friday, split between a firmer Dubai and a softer Abu Dhabi. The Hang Seng climbed 1.21 percent to 26,009.46, clearing 26,000, and South Korea’s…
Asia rebounded on Thursday almost as hard as it had fallen a day earlier, while most Gulf markets absorbed a sharp escalation in the region’s headlines with little change. South Korea’s Kospi surged 5.89 percent, nearly reversing Wednesday’s 5.80 percent plunge, in a rally that triggered a temporary buy-side halt on program trading, per CNBC,…
Korean household credit reached 2,019.8 trillion won at the end of June, the first reading above two thousand trillion. The quarterly increase was 25.9 trillion won, and it is the ninth consecutive quarterly rise. The last decline in the series was in the first quarter of 2024. It is also the largest single-quarter increase of…
Asia’s selloff turned into a rout on Wednesday, led by the chip complex, while the Gulf split and Kuwait advanced, per CNBC. South Korea’s Kospi plunged 5.80 percent in a fall that led to a temporary halt in trading at the open, per CNBC, Japan’s Nikkei 225 sank 3.16 percent and the Shenzhen Component lost…
Asia sold off on Tuesday while the Gulf steadied, an inversion of Monday’s map, as the first full session after the 60-day window between the United States and Iran expired ran into rising long-term yields across the globe, per CNBC. Japan’s Nikkei 225 sank 2.54 percent to lead losses among the region’s major benchmarks, South…