CashNews.co In recent weeks, Japan’s stock markets have experienced notable gains, with the Nikkei 225 Index rising by 3.1% and the TOPIX Index increasing by 2.8%, largely influenced by a weaker yen following the U.S. Federal Reserve’s substantial rate cut. As global market sentiment shifts, small-cap stocks in Japan are drawing attention for their potential […]
CashNews.co Premarket trading on Wall Street was relatively listless Friday ahead of the government’s latest inflation report. Futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were essentially unchanged less than two hours before the opening bell, hovering around recent record highs. Friday’s consumer spending report, which also contains the Federal Reserve’s preferred […]
CashNews.co WASHINGTON/LONDON â With key central banks now aligned in cutting interest rates, a real-time experiment is underway in how much the global financial landscape has changed since the pandemic and in particular whether the easing cycle may be short-lived because of higher underlying rates. The impact of the Federal Reserve last week joining a […]
CashNews.co By Stella Qiu and Sruthi Shankar SYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) – China’s big stimulus steps helped keep global stocks near record highs on Friday, while the yen firmed sharply against the dollar after Japan’s former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba looked set to become the next prime minister. Europe’s benchmark STOXX 600 index edged up 0.2% to […]
CashNews.co HONG KONG (AP) â Global shares were mostly higher on Friday, boosted in Asia by Chinaâs moves to rev up its economy. The CAC 40 in Paris edged up 0.1% to 7,747.82 after Franceâs preliminary inflation rate fell sharply in September as the consumer price index rose 1.5% year-on-year in August, down from 2.2% […]
CashNews.co HONG KONG (AP) â Stocks in Asia advanced on Friday, led by gains in Hong Kong and other Chinese markets fueled by China’s moves to rev up its economy. Japanâs Nikkei 225 index was up more than 1% as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party conducted a leadership election that will determine who is Japanâs […]
CashNews.co By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese stocks are headed for the best week since 2008 as Beijing rolled out a huge stimulus package to revive the economy, lifting Asian shares to 2-1/2-year highs, while a sharp fall in oil prices bodes well for disinflation globally. The yen retreated to three-week lows ahead of […]
CashNews.co (Bloomberg) — Japanese companies with directors that sit on multiple boards are facing the equity marketâs displeasure as the Tokyo Stock Exchange steps up pressure to improve corporate governance. Most Read from Bloomberg The bourse tightened listing guidelines in 2022, demanding that firms in its blue-chip Prime section get at least a third of […]
CashNews.co Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. (TSE:8511) has announced that it will be increasing its dividend from last year’s comparable payment on the 9th of December to „42.00. This makes the dividend yield about the same as the industry average at 3.5%. Check out our latest analysis for Japan Securities Finance Japan Securities Finance’s Future […]
CashNews.co By Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) -As much as Jun Nagao doesn’t like the idea of foreigners scooping up Japanese companies, the former 7-Eleven franchise owner thinks a takeover would bring welcome change to the retail giant where he spent decades. Nagao, who until last year owned a 7-Eleven convenience store in Gunma, north of […]