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Asian markets fell on Monday after a US-led strike on Syrian targets fuelled fresh geopolitical concerns over the tinderbox Middle East, though analysts said investors were hopeful the crisis would not escalate. The...

Tokyo stocks opened higher on Friday, extending rallies in New York on receded fears over potential US-led military strikes in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria. The benchmark Nikkei 225...

Tokyo stocks opened flat on Wednesday, taking a breather after rises the previous day as a conciliatory speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping eased fears of a trade war with the United States....

Asian stocks dropped sharply at the open on Tuesday, following Wall Street lower as fears of a trade war between the United States and China battered market sentiment. Tokyo led the declines, with...

Tokyo stocks led Asian markets higher on Monday, shrugging off disappointing business confidence data to climb slightly higher in thin holiday trade. With no direction from Europe or Wall Street — both closed...

Most Asian stocks extended their selling on Thursday as a volatile week draws to an early close in many markets while bubbling trade tensions and another painful day for Wall Street technology shares...

Asian markets resumed their downward spiral on Wednesday following a sell-off on Wall Street, with technology firms tracking their US counterparts, while trade war fears continue to niggle at investor confidence. The volatility...

Asian markets extended last week’s worldwide plunge as investors fret that Donald Trump’s controversial tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods will spark a trade war that would hammer the global economy. The...

Wall Street deepened its already sharp losses on Friday as fears of a global trade war ate even further into global equities. Meanwhile, the dollar fell and crude oil shot above $70 per...

China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd saw its shares down 4.51 percent at the midday trading break on Friday after the internet firm’s largest shareholder, Naspers Ltd, said it would lower its stake for the...