Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was up over 6% on Wednesday, hitting a 22-month high for a sixth day of gains amid further optimism about Beijing's latest stimulus policies. The index closed up 6.2%, ...

The government in the key port city of Kaohsiung has told people to stay at home. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Both main crude contracts shot up more than five percent at one point Tuesday after Iran fired dozens of missiles at Israel.

With Shanghai and other markets in China closed, trading crowded into Hong Kong. Hong Kong-traded shares in China Vanke, one ...

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday the central bank must be vigilant to fallout from unstable markets and ...

Samsung Electronics said Wednesday it was planning to cut jobs in some of its Asian operations, after a report that one in ...

Oil prices rose more than one percent Wednesday, extending the previous day's rally, and safe haven gold pushed towards a ...

Samsung Electronics Co. is poised to significantly reduce its global workforce, with layoffs planned across Southeast Asia, ...

Taiwan shut down on Wednesday (Oct 2), grounding hundreds of flights and closing schools, offices and financial markets ahead ...

It could affect about 10 per cent of the workforces in South-east Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Read more at ...

Most Asian stock markets sank on Wednesday, catching up with the sell-off on Wall Street after Iran's ballistic missile ...

Jefferies’ Chris Wood said a deterioration in the geopolitical situation is the biggest risk to global equity markets.