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April 15, 2026 9:51 AM

Asian shares scale six-week peak on hopes for US-Iran peace talks

Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Wednesday as hopes for a resumption of U.S.-Iran peace talks pushed oil prices lower, while the dollar steadied after seven days of losses. President Donald Trump said talks with Iran could resume in Pakistan over the next two days, after the collapse of weekend negotiations prompted Washington to impose a blockade on Iranian ports. Pakistani and Iranian officials also said negotiations could restart. Signs that diplomatic engagement would continue he...

March 18, 2026 2:59 PM

Asian stocks rally as oil retreats, Fed in spotlight

Asian shares rallied on Wednesday as oil prices paused their gains, with markets turning to the U.S. Federal Reserve meeting to see how policymakers will balance growth and inflation risks amid ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Israel intensified its offensive by killing Iran's security chief, while Iran renewed its strikes on oil facilities in the United Arab Emirates. A senior Iranian official said the new supreme leader rejected de-escalation offers conveyed by interm...

January 14, 2026 2:06 PM

Asian stocks, gold, silver hit records, fragile yen spurs intervention worries

Asian stocks rose to a record high on Wednesday, buoyed by Japanese shares, as investors braced for a possible election in Japan that could lead to more stimulus, while worries about central bank independence and benign U.S. inflation datajolted currencies. Rising geopolitical tensions helped propel silver above $90 per ounce for the first time with the metal surging 27% in the first nine trading days of the year. Gold prices also climbed to yet another record high after a stellar 2025. Oil pr...

September 22, 2025 9:53 AM

Asian stocks hesitant after Trump’s visa crackdown

Asian stocks inched up and the dollar was steady on Monday as traders pondered the U.S. monetary policy path after the Federal Reserve's rate cut last week, while President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown on worker visas kept sentiment in check. The focus will be on Indian and tech stocks after the Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for new H-1B worker visas, a blow to the tech sector that relies on skilled workers from India and China. U.S...

July 9, 2025 9:29 AM

Dollar firm, Asian stocks mixed as traders ponder tariff outlook

The dollar traded close to a 2-1/2-week high versus major peers on Wednesday while copper hit an all-time peak overnight after U.S. President Donald Trump broadened his global trade war by threatening a 50% tariff on the metal. Trump also said levies on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals were coming soon, weighing on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures indicating further weakness there on Wednesday. However, stock markets around the Asia-Pacific were mixed, as investors digested Trump's lates...

April 15, 2025 8:53 AM

Asia shares rise, bonds hold steady on some tariff reprieve

Asia shares edged slightly higher on Tuesday, helped by gains in auto companies after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested he might grant exemptions on auto-related levies already in place. U.S. Treasury bonds steadied having staged a recovery overnight following last week's historic selloff, while the dollar continued to fall out of favour with investors. Trump said on Monday he was considering a modification to the 25% tariffs imposed on foreign auto and auto parts imports from Mexico, Cana...

April 11, 2025 9:54 AM

Global stocks, dollar sink, bonds pummelled again as trade war roils markets

Global stocks slumped and the dollar sank further on Friday, while a manic bond selloff took hold in a brutal end to the week of tit-for-tat worldwide tariffs that have fed fears of a deep recession and shaken investor confidence in U.S. assets. The anxiety has sparked a rush into safe havens, sending the Swiss franc soaring to a decade high against the dollar, and gold to a new peak after a brief but massive relief rally following U.S. President Donald Trump's move to temporarily lower tariffs...

A investor pays attention to the stock market at a securities trading hall in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang province on April 8, 2025. Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images

April 9, 2025 8:57 AM

Stocks slide in Asia as recession fears pummel sentiment, oil hits four-year lows

Stocks in Asia extended a slide on Wall Street on Wednesday as President Donald Trump looked set to press ahead with whopping 104% tariffs on Chinese goods, pummelling oil prices to four-year lows as global recession fears gripped financial markets. The U.S. dollar fell against safe-haven currencies but the offshore yuan hit a record low of 7.4287 per dollar overnight. Fed fund futures jumped in early Asian trade to imply around 115 basis points of interest rate cuts this year, compared to 92 b...

April 7, 2025 9:27 AM

Asian stocks dive as tariff tensions rise

Major stock indexes plunged in Asia on Monday as White House officials showed no sign of backing away from their sweeping tariff plans, and investors wagered the mounting risk of recession could see U.S. interest rates cut as early as May. Futures markets moved swiftly to price in almost five quarter-point cuts in U.S. rates this year, pulling Treasury yields down sharply and hampering the dollar. The carnage came as President Donald Trump told reporters that investors would have to take their...

April 1, 2025 9:01 AM

Global stocks stabilise, gold hits record as Trump prepares to unveil reciprocal tariffs

Asian equities rose on Tuesday following Wall Street's overnight gains, while gold hit an all-time peak and Treasury yields fell as markets awaited details of U.S. President Donald Trump's reciprocal tariffs. The Japanese yen strengthened as traditional haven assets drew demand. Meanwhile, the risk-sensitive Australian dollar was under pressure after a soft reading of local retail sales, ahead of a Reserve Bank of Australia policy decision later in the day. Regional stocks found some respite o...