Asian equities paused on Wednesday as sliding oil prices and falling bond yields signaled cautious optimism over the Strait of Hormuz, while traders braced for Nvidia's second-quarter earnings. Brent …
Data center deals, led by Digital Realty's $5.6 billion acquisition from Blackstone, pushed U.S. commercial real estate transaction volumes in July 2026 to their highest level since 2005. National dat…
Asian stocks fell on Monday, with the Kospi Index dropping 1.4% as Samsung Electronics slumped over 6% after announcing plans to return up to 110 trillion won (US$80 billion) to investors by 2026, whi…
South Korea's KOSPI briefly reclaimed 7,000 on Friday, extending a 22% rebound from its July 30 low as cooling US inflation revived demand for chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. The index op…
CXMT, China's largest memory-chip maker, overtook Tencent Holdings as the world's most valuable Chinese company, with its market capitalization reaching US$524 billion versus Tencent's US$510 billion,…
Asian stocks rose on Wednesday, led by technology shares, as strong earnings from AI-related companies lured investors back into the trade; the Kospi Index rallied 4.6% with Samsung Electronics and SK…
Bitcoin traded nearly flat at $64,032.87, up 0.16% since midnight UTC, while global equities hit record highs on AI optimism and progress toward reopening the Strait of Hormuz, with MSCI's All Country…
Asian stocks advanced, with MSCI's Asia Pacific equities gauge climbing 1.1%, led by a 3.5% jump in South Korean shares, as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix rallied over 4% in Seoul on renewed bets on…
Asian equities fell on Tuesday, with MSCI's Asia-Pacific gauge dropping 1.9%, as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending triggered a sell-off in chipmakers. South Korea's Kospi Index tu…
Asian equities dropped on Thursday, led by a 4.5% decline in South Korea's Kospi, as a sell-off in semiconductor stocks revived concerns about the sustainability of the artificial intelligence trade. …
Emerging-market stocks fell 0.6% as an escalation in the Middle East conflict, triggered by US President Donald Trump ending the ceasefire with Iran, added to a rotation out of AI beneficiaries. Oil p…
South Korea's KOSPI crashed nearly 10% on June 23, triggering a circuit breaker, after Broadcom's Q3 AI chip guidance of $16 billion missed Wall Street's $17.2 billion estimate. The miss exposed the f…
MSCI kept South Korea off its developed market watchlist, delaying potential index-driven inflows, but analysts remain bullish on the country's stock market due to AI-related momentum. BNY strategist …
SpaceX shares fell for a second straight day, dropping as much as 5.8% after a 49% surge in its first three days of trading. The stock remains about 35% above its $135 IPO price, but analysts caution …
A developer warns that AI datacenters' water consumption is projected to reach crisis levels by 2030, citing a UN report that AI water use could equal the domestic needs of Sub-Saharan Africa. Active …