Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street stuck in doldrums

BANGKOK, Thailand — Asian shares were mostly higher in thin Good Friday trading after a bumpy ride on Wall Street.  There, the Dow industrials lost 1.3 percent as UnitedHealth shed more than a fifth of its value due to a weaker-than-expected profit report. US stock and bond markets will be closed on Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 gained 1 percent to 34,730.28, while the Kospi in South Korea rose 0.5 percent to 2,483.42. Taiwan’s Taiex gained 0.3 per…

Asian markets mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

Asian shares were mostly higher in thin Good Friday trading after a bumpy ride on Wall Street, where the Dow industrials lost 1.3% as UnitedHealth shed more than a fifth of its value due to a weaker-than-expected profit report. U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Friday. Tokyo's…

Tokyo leads gains in most Asian markets on trade deal hopes

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Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

Asian shares are mostly higher after a bumpy ride on Wall Street. Markets advanced in Tokyo, Taiwan and Seoul in thin Good Friday trading.

[NHK] On the 17th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange closed down by more than $500.

The Dow Jones was a negative outlier in the otherwise calm course of the American stock market indices, due to the nosedive of a health insurer. The AEX kept the loss very limited, because the ECB indicated that it was more concerned about the economic weakening than about inflation. This offers room for further interest rate reduction