Taiwan stocks were almost flat on Wednesday morning as losses in financial shares, led by Mega Financial, eroded early gains. Shares in t...

Asia stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, with Japan down after the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy on hold. The Nikkei Average ...

Tokyo stocks slipped to a fresh six-month low on Monday as market sentiment stayed fragile after a rocky session on Wall Street and on es...

Japanese stocks tumbled to their lowest level this year in early Friday trading, hit by Wall Street’s overnight fall, a stronger yen, and ...

The Nikkei 225 fell 1.2% to 14305.45 as the Japanese currency firmed to ¥101.87 against the U.S. dollar versus ¥101.99 late Wednesday in...

Japan’s equities tumbled Wednesday on the back of a stronger yen, as the Nikkei index fell 2.6% to close at 14,830.39, and the Topix ind...

Asian stocks rose on Tuesday , as markets bounced back from a punishingsession on Monday, while Japanese stocks gave up most of their...

Japan's Nikkei share average rose to a new five-week high on Friday morning as a weak yen lifted risk appetite following Wall Street...

Of the Asian index majors, only the Nikkei Average is ending the month with a loss. Here are the scores, per FactSet (though note that ...

Japan stocks declined today — or maybe better to say they “reclined,” given the lazy, meandering path shares took. The Nikkei Average ...

The Nikkei fell 0.6% after the yen strengthened overnight. The dollar lost 0.3% against the Japanese currency overnight--the largest pe...

Asian markets were mostly lower Wednesday, with Japanese stocks retreating after a sharp gain in the previous session, while c...

Japan (Nikkei Average) up 3.1% (closed) Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.2% (closed) Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.8% (close...

The Nikkei rose by 2.9%, extending earlier gains after the Bank of Japan said it would double incentives designed to increase bank lendi...

Asian markets rose on Monday, with Hong Kong leading the region higher, while Japanese stocks were weighed by the release of d...

The Nikkei is 3.5% lower since last Friday, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index is 1.8% lower and Singapore’s Straits Times Index is 0.4% lower ...

Japan (Nikkei Average) up 1.6% (at break) Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index) up 0.8% Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index) down 0.4% Sydney (S...

Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.3% to 14216.17, getting a boost from a weaker yen. The Japanese currency was trading at ¥101.50 to t...

Just 20 minutes out from the close, and the Nikkei Average JP:NIK  was up 0.4%. But then those modest gains suddenly evaporated, leavin...