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Markets

Asian markets bounce from selloff as US jobs beat forecasts

Asian markets rose Thursday to claw back some of the previous day's hefty losses as investors tracked a bounce on Wall Street sparked by jobs data that soothed worries about the US economy.

19 hours ago
Markets

Asian markets tumble as tech bubble fears grow

Tech companies led a sharp sell-off across Asia on Wednesday as investors grow increasingly worried about an AI bubble following a rally this year that has seen valuations hit record highs. ...

1 day ago
Markets

OPEC+ further hikes oil output

The eight key members of the OPEC+ alliance, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, on Sunday said they had agreed a further slight hike to their oil production. ...

3 days ago

The Latest

Markets

IDX Composite closes 0.50% higher on Thursday

The IDX Composite (IHSG) strengthened by 0.50 percent to 7,166 on Thursday. The financial, infrastructure and non-primary consumer goods sectors supported the positive movement.

1 year ago
Markets

Asia stocks mixed as soaring dollar pauses

Asian stocks crept higher in a mixed session on Thursday, while the dollar took a breather and bond markets steadied as investors stepped back to assess the interest rate outlook.

1 year ago
Markets premium

Fed, geopolitics may push rupiah to historic low

The rupiah has been on a downward slope in the past week amid uncertainty about US monetary policy and geopolitical conflicts. Analysts do not rule out a historic low for Indonesia’s currency.

1 year ago
Markets premium

MidEast escalation could send oil prices to $100 per barrel, govt says

The government has speculated that world crude oil prices could reach US$100 per barrel as the Middle East conflict escalates.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian shares mixed as Fed's Powell rethinks rate cuts, yields jump

Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday as the world's most powerful central banker had a change of heart on US rate cuts this year, pushing Treasury yields to new five-month highs and the dollar towering against other currencies.

1 year ago
Markets premium

No broad commodities boom seen for this year

Indonesia is unlikely to enjoy a 2022-level commodity boom this year despite China’s recovering growth and geopolitical tensions.

1 year ago
Markets premium

Rupiah has weak start against dollar after Idul Fitri holiday

A decline exceeding 2 percent is rare for the rupiah, which has seen an average movement of only 0.02 percent over the past year.

1 year ago
Markets

Dollar rises to 5-month high, puts heat on yen; GDP data boosts yuan

The dollar rose to a five-month high against major peer currencies on Tuesday following hotter-than-expected US retail sales figures, raising worries of an intervention from Tokyo as the yen languished at its lowest since 1990.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian shares slide on US rate cut rethink; China GDP beats estimates

Asian stocks fell and the dollar climbed to more than five-month highs on Tuesday as stronger-than-expected US retail sales for March further reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be in a rush to cut interest rates this year.

1 year ago
Markets premium

Domestic car sales plunge 24 percent yoy in first quarter

The domestic car market remains in the doldrums with a strong year-on-year (yoy) decline, but the industry sees signs of a possible rebound in March's wholesale and retail figures.

1 year ago
Markets

Dollar's rally supercharged by diverging US rate outlook

A rally in the US dollar is accelerating, as stubborn inflation sows doubts over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will be able to cut rates this year compared to other central banks.

1 year ago
Markets

Asia stocks slide, gold rises as Middle East conflict sparks safety rush

Asian shares slumped and gold prices rose on Monday as risk sentiment took a hit after Iran's retaliatory attack on Israel stoked fears of a wider regional conflict and kept traders on edge.

1 year ago
Markets

European stocks gain, dollar tall as traders cut Fed easing bets

European stocks were on track to race ahead of Wall Street on Friday, with exporters' shares in high demand as the continent's major currencies dropped against a dollar standing tall on bets the US Federal Reserve would keep interest rates high.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian shares fall on US rate scare, yen plumbs 34-yr low

Asian shares tracked Wall Street lower on Thursday as sticky US inflation forced markets to slash bets on how much the Federal Reserve might ease this year, sending the dollar flying to a 34-year high against the beleaguered yen.

1 year ago
Markets

Asia tracks Wall St losses as US data deals blow to rate cut hopes

Asian markets reversed Thursday after forecast-topping US inflation dealt a hefty blow to hopes for a June interest rate cut and forced traders to re-evaluate the outlook for monetary policy, with a warning that the next move could even be a hike.

1 year ago
Markets

Most Asian markets rise as traders jockey ahead of US inflation

There is a nervousness on trading floors that a third successive miss to the upside on consumer prices could force the Federal Reserve to delay cutting borrowing costs.

1 year ago
Markets

Tokyo shares open lower ahead of US inflation data

Some Tokyo players were locking in profits after recent gains, analysts said.

1 year ago
Markets

Asia stocks rise; metals fly on manufacturing bets

Industrial metals prices extended their gains on Tuesday with expectations of a worldwide manufacturing rebound, while Asian shares crept up a little more cautiously ahead of this week's US inflation data and a crucial European Central Bank meeting.

1 year ago
Markets premium

Australian miner wants China to demand greener nickel from Indonesia

BMI Research, a think tank belonging to rating agency Fitch, expects the drop in nickel prices seen last year to continue this year.

1 year ago
Markets

China pushes back at US overcapacity concerns as Yellen wraps visit

Beijing's commerce minister dismissed as "groundless" US concerns that a surge of low-cost Chinese exports posed a risk to global markets, as Washington's Treasury chief on Monday wrapped up a visit aimed in part at addressing the issue.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian markets mixed as traders weigh rates outlook

Asian markets fluctuated Monday as traders weighed the chances of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates this year after a forecast-busting US jobs report dented hopes for a first move in June.

1 year ago
Markets premium

Banks, commodities poised to drive IDX this year, after poor first quarter

Despite reaching an all-time closing high on Mar. 14, the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite index ended the first quarter of this year with only a slight increase of 0.22 percent, underperforming when compared with foreign indexes.

1 year ago
Markets

IDX Composite regains momentum ahead of Idul Fitri holiday

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Composite regains momentum in its last trading session before the long Idul Fitri holiday, closing in the green for the second consecutive day at 7,286.88 on Friday.

1 year ago
Markets

Asia stocks stumble on risk-off mood; oil prices climb

Asian shares retreated on Friday as hawkish comments from some Federal Reserve officials and escalating geopolitical tensions put a dent in risk sentiment, while traders were also cautious ahead of US jobs data due later in the day.

1 year ago
Markets premium

PLN mulls importing LNG amid likely shortfall in local gas supply

Imports may be necessary amid declining supply from local pipeline natural gas and sliding domestic gas production. 

1 year ago
Markets

IDX Composite jumps 1.22% as market eyes US Fed’s policy direction

The IDX Composite ended Thursday 1.22 percent higher as investors watched the US Federal Reserve’s policy direction.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian markets lifted by US data and fresh rate cut hopes

Asian markets rose Thursday after US data provided a fresh indicator that inflation was easing and Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell soothed worries about the bank's plans to cut interest rates this year.

1 year ago
Markets

Firm dollar keeps yen pinned near key 152 level

The dollar held near an over four-month peak on Wednesday, pinning the yen close to its lowest its decades though the heightened threat of currency intervention by Tokyo capped further declines in the Japanese currency.

1 year ago
Markets

Asian markets hit by dimming US rate hopes, Taiwan quake

Asian markets tumbled Wednesday as investors grow increasingly skeptical that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates as much as hoped this year, while a massive earthquake in Taiwan added to the sense of gloom.

1 year ago
Markets

IDX Composite strengthens 0.44% after early decline

Despite being in the red for most of Tuesday, the IDX Composite strengthened at the market closing amidst strengthening stock exchanges in other parts of Asia.

1 year ago
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