Nikkei Financial News

By Tom Westbrook

Investing.com-- Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index rose sharply on Wednesday, reaching levels seen before the burst of a speculative bubble in the 1990s as investors bet on a delay in the Bank of Japan’s plans to end its ultra-loose policies.

Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Domestic equity markets are poised for a cautious opening on Wednesday amid mixed signals from global markets. Gift Nifty indicated a negative opening for the benchmark indices, trading around 21,577.5 down 25 points.Stocks in Asia opened mixed after US benchmarks struggled, with shares rising in Japan. Stocks in Australia and South Korea edged lower.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as regional technology shares surged amid renewed optimism over artificial intelligence, while focus remained on a slew of upcoming inflation reports for more cues on interest rate cuts this year.

By Scott Murdoch

By Wayne Cole

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Monday after a surprise jump in U.S. nonfarm payrolls saw markets rethink expectations for early interest rate cuts, with focus now turning to a string of key inflation readings this week.

Asian shares are mostly lower after a mixed finish on Wall Street, although export-related Tokyo stocks got a boost from a strengthening dollar

By Kevin Buckland

Updated at 23:27 ET (04:27 GMT) with more details on China.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Thursday, extending declines after a weak start to the year as persistent doubts over the timing and scale of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate cuts saw investors lock-in more profits.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Wednesday, tracking steep overnight losses on Wall Street as markets second-guessed expectations for early interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, especially before more key economic cues this week.

Despite the bullish year, 72% of S&P 500 stocks performed worse than the index in 2023.

index touched a 33-year high, Hong Kong rounded out its fourth straight year of decline and India emerged as a leader in IPOs, Nikkei reported. One of the biggest drivers behind this divergence was disappointment in China's post-Covid recovery. Hong Kong's flagship Hang Seng Index (HSI), which tracks 80 blue chip stocks, has dropped 13.8 per cent this year, its first four-year losing streak since its launch in 1969, Nikkei reported. As investors shift away from greater China, their attention is moving to Japan, India and the tech hubs of Taiwan and South Korea. The major indexes in these markets rose by more than double digits in 2023, with Japan's Nikkei 225 leading the pack at nearly 30 per cent, Nikkei reported. The comeback of Japanese shares was a result of multiple factors, including improved corporate governance, something the country's regulators have been working on for over a decade in hopes of stimulating investment from abroad. BlackRock this month reaffirmed its «overweight» position on Japanese equities for the next six to 12 months.

investors, it is important to ensure that market bubbles are avoided through policy, regulation, education and supply of good quality securities, said Uday Kotak, founder, Kotak Mahindra Bank. Outlining a financial sector model for 9% annual growth and a GDP of $30 trillion by 2047 on microblogging platform X, Kotak said on Friday that a tussle between the «saver/borrower» and «issuer/investor» model was currently underway. «Many investors have joined post Covid. They have mainly seen upside.

Premarket trading on Wall Street was mixed on what’s expected to be another quiet day between the Christmas and New Year holidays

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading on the last trading day of the year

Nifty is ending the record-breaking year 2023 with a handsome upside of 20%, billionaire banker Uday Kotak on Friday warned Dalal Street's Covid batch of investors of the unpredictability of the stock market, giving the example of Japan. «Many investors have joined post Covid. They have mainly seen upside.

Uday Kotak, the founder and director of Kotak Mahindra Bank, wants you to move away from banks in a bid to create sustained growth story. You heard that right. In so called year-end musings, Kotak highlighted a changing landscape where savers are transforming into investors, presenting challenges for the banking sector regarding deposits and funding costs. «As savers become investors the banking sector faces challenges on its deposits and cost of funds. The large corporate sector has to meaningfully move to capital markets (debt and equity) and away from banks,» Kotak wrote on a Twitter post. «Banks will become distributors of corporate debt rather than storage houses. They will need to penetrate mid sized corporates, MSMEs and consumers,» he added. He also said that we need to keep Japan of the 80s at the back of our mind.

By Ankur Banerjee

Sensex ended 371.95 points, or 0.52%, higher at 72,410.38, while the Nifty 50 gained 123.95 points, or 0.57%, to close at 21,778.70, on December 28. “Markets have been gaining for five consecutive trading sessions on the back of optimism over expected growth next year. Global markets too were supportive as investors hoped for an early rate cut in 2024.