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Asian markets moved higher after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a two-thirds supermajority in a historic election landslide, boosting expectations of fiscal stimulus and policy continuity.Markets across the region edged up on Monday as Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) ...

Market Summary: What happened yesterday and what awaits us today, December 31stA quiet end to the year in financial markets, with a decline on Wall Street and fluctuations in gold.Major U.S. stock indexes ended Tuesday’s trading session lower for the ...

Wall Street Declines as Tech Stocks Lag and Gold Plunges; Global Markets Move Cautiously at Year-EndMajor U.S. stock indexes closed lower on Monday, with technology stocks leading losses, while precious metals retreated from record highs. Trading began the holiday-shortened week ...

The Bank of Japan has pushed interest rates to their highest level in three decades, and markets are starting to feel the aftershocks. At its December meeting, the BoJ lifted its short-term policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, a ...

Japan’s economy shrank for the first time in a year and a half, underscoring how vulnerable the country remains to shifts in global trade. Government data for the July–September quarter shows GDP contracting at an annualised rate of 1.8%, a ...

The global race for critical minerals is sparking one of the most explosive rallies in years. U.S.-listed rare earths miners have soared as much as 300% in 2025, with Critical Metals up 241% in just three months.The surge follows intensifying ...

Asian stocks ended the week higher, with South Korea’s Kospi surging 2.5% as traders welcomed news that U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping will meet next week. The rally reflected optimism that the talks, set for Thursday ...

Swiss food-making giant Nestlé is working hard at a turnaround under new CEO Philipp Navratil, announcing 16,000 job cuts over two years. This will include 12,000 office roles and 4,000 in manufacturing, logistics, and supply. The aim is to streamline and ...

Markets leaned risk-on after the Fed chair Jerome Powell signaled room for additional easing this year, even as trade friction simmered between the world’s two biggest economies - the US and China. The policy cue was clear enough for futures: S&P ...

Japanese equities surged after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party chose Sanae Takaichi as its leader, a result markets treated as bullish for Japan’s business potential. The Nikkei 225 jumped 4.75% on Monday to close above the 47,000 mark for the first ...

The White House has locked in a Japan trade package that applies a 15% baseline tariff on nearly all Japanese imports, with sector levies covering autos and parts at the same 15% and additional lines for aerospace, generics, and natural ...

Honda Motor’s first-quarter operating profit plunged by a staggering 50% year over year to 244.17 billion yen, well below the 323.48 billion yen forecasted by analysts. Despite this setback, revenue reached 5.34 trillion yen, outperforming analyst projections of 5.25 trillion yen. ...

In all of the growing economic uncertainty and a changing geopolitical order, the EU and Japan are strengthening their trade alliance as protection against pressure from both China and the US. At the 30th EU–Japan summit in Tokyo, leaders promised to ...

Oil markets surged on Friday after hostilities involving Israel and Iran, sending Brent crude up over 10% at one point before closing the day 7% higher at $74.23 per barrel. While that’s still more than 10% below prices seen a year ...

Asian markets showed cautious optimism on Tuesday as investors tracked ongoing trade talks between the US and China in London, hoping for an easing of tariffs that have strained global supply chains and weighed on sentiment. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 climbed 0.9% ...