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August 14, 2026 8:39 AM

Asian stocks set for weekly gain on fading US rate hike wagers

Asian stocks rose on Friday, poised for their strongest week in two months as benign inflation data dented expectations of an imminent U.S. rate hike, although faltering talks to end the war in the Middle East are likely to keep risk sentiment in check. Brent futures steadied at $87.03 per barrel after a drop on Thursday but were set for a 4% weekly gain, snapping a two-week losing streak, after the U.S. threatened to ramp up economic pressure on Iran, including extending a naval blockade. Mar...

July 30, 2026 9:06 AM

Asian stocks choppy after rout, Fed leaves markets uncertain on rates

Asian stocks struggled for direction on Thursday, nursing steep losses for the week on mounting investor jitters around the AI trade, while a divided Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, leaving bond markets questioning where rates are headed. Brent futures slipped below $90 per barrel, after jumping over 7% a day earlier as fighting in the Middle East escalated, although data showed tankers continued to make their way out of the region despite the continued missile and drone strikes. T...

July 29, 2026 8:39 AM

Asian stock rout deepens on AI worries ahead of tech earnings

Asian stocks slid on Wednesday extending a brutal selloff as anxiety about AI valuations, rising competition and spending rocked markets ahead of crucial earnings from big tech firms and a U.S. Federal Reserve policy decision. Oil prices jumped after fresh attacks in the Middle East shattered the relative calm of recent days in the U.S.-Iran war as investors fret about the impact of depleting supplies on prices and global rates. Asian chipmakers have been at the epicentre of this year's AI-dri...

July 23, 2026 8:12 AM

Asian stocks rise after US tech earnings, oil at six-week highs

Asian stocks rose on Thursday after U.S. technology firms outlined significant capital spending plans that are likely to benefit chipmakers in the region, while the escalating war in the Middle East sent oil prices to six-week highs. Rising oil prices have also renewed inflationary concerns, pushing short-term U.S. Treasury yields to 17-week highs as traders wager the Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates sooner rather than later. Brent crude futures rose 2% to $96 per barrel in ear...

July 22, 2026 8:20 AM

Asian stocks extend gains as US rebounds, chipmakers lead

Stocks jumped at the start of trading in Asia on Wednesday as investors took cues from a rebound in U.S. markets, shrugging off climbing oil prices as Houthi rebels threatened to open a front in the widening Middle East conflict. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 1.2% as South Korea's Kospi jumped more than 6%. Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 1.9%, while S&P 500 e-mini futures edged 0.1% lower. Brent crude nudged 0.6% higher to $91.55 a barrel after two oil tanker...

July 21, 2026 8:25 AM

Asian stocks rise as Middle East mediation takes oil lower

Asian stocks gained on Tuesday as mediation efforts in the Middle East pushed oil prices away from a one-month high, while investors braced for a slate of corporate earnings that will test an under pressure AI trade. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said they would impose a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, a move that could further disrupt energy supplies, amid attacks between the U.S. and Iran, even as efforts were being made to revive a fragile ceasefire. Brent crude futures eased 0.38% to $88.88...

July 17, 2026 8:48 AM

Stocks stumble, oil set for weekly gain on renewed Gulf hostilities

Asian stocks got off to a rocky start on Friday as the drag from chipmakers weighed on global equity indexes, while oil prices were set for their sharpest weekly rise in three months as tensions in the Middle East erupted anew. Investors this week rotated out of semiconductor plays into other sectors such as banking after robust earnings from major lenders, leaving Asia vulnerable to the selloff given its heavier exposure to chips. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan w...

July 10, 2026 8:00 AM

Asian stocks surge as investors look past Middle East attacks

Asian stocks rose sharply on Friday, led by chip and AI firms as investors brushed off concern over the stalled recovery of energy supplies through the critical Strait of Hormuz, with tit-for-tat attacks escalating between the U.S. and Iran. The renewed back-and-forth attacks have further eroded the fragile three-week-old ceasefire, bringing the spotlight back on oil prices and what it could mean for inflation and the global rates outlook. Brent crude futures were set for a 5% rise in the week...

June 30, 2026 9:25 AM

Asian stocks set for record-breaking quarter; dollar sinks gold and yen

Asian stocks wobbled toward the end of a sparkling quarter on Tuesday, while a resurgent dollar pushed the yen to a four-decade low and was headed for a fourth straight quarterly rise. Japan's Nikkei, which was steady in early trade, is set for a record rise of more than 36% for the quarter. South Korea's chipmaker-driven KOSPI slipped 1%, though it was set for an eye-popping second-quarter rise of nearly 65% having more than doubled year-to-date. The oil market's worries about war have recede...

June 29, 2026 10:02 AM

Asia stocks adrift as Middle East worries meet rate-hike bets

Asian stocks wobbled on Monday after Iran and the United States agreed to halt renewed hostilities that had cast a shadow over an interim peace deal and kept oil prices supported, while the dollar stood tall near a one-year high on rate-hike bets. A return to diplomacy in the Middle East would follow several days of tit-for-tat strikes since an Iranian projectile hit a cargo vessel in the Strait of Hormuz last week, with both sides accusing each other of breaking an interim ceasefire. Futures ...