U.S. stocks are drifting in early trading after leaping to records the day before as part of a worldwide rally.

It's a stark contrast to several weeks ago when global equity markets suffered a savage pullback at the start of August as a scare about the health of the U.S. economy dovetailed with a sudden surge ...

Nippon Steel plans to sell at least 30 billion yen ($211 million) in assets in this fiscal year to manage its debt, the ...

There was a bit of nervousness ahead of the Bank of Japan's Friday policy decision. It will take investors awhile to forget the day in late July when the central bank's interest-rate hike unwound the ...

The NIKKEI 225 Index is up 1142.15 points or 3.12% this week to 37723.91 --Largest one-week point and percentage gain since the week ending Aug. 16, 2024 --Largest two-week point and percentage gain ...

Bursa Malaysia ended higher on Friday in line with most Asian markets, mirroring gains from Wall Street, where investors ...

The Japanese market outperformed despite paring some gains after the Bank of Japan decided to hold rates unchanged. The Nikkei 225 ended up 619.00 points or 1.67% at 37,739.50.

Later Friday the BoJ was forecast to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged, with all 53 economists polled by Bloomberg News predicting that borrowing costs will be left at 0.25 percent ...

Global stock markets are set for a positive weekly close following the Fed’s jumbo rate cuts. The Bank of England’s hawkish ...

Asia-Pacific markets on Friday were mostly higher, with Japan's Nikkei 225 leading the gains after Wall Street soared ...

Nikkeisurged above 38000 on upbeat market sentiment. It hit a high of 38012 at the time of writing and is currently trading ...

The yen strengthened slightly in the immediate aftermath of the Bank of Japan leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged.