After opening on a bright note, Indian stocks gradually shed ground and slipped into negative territory around early afternoon but recovered swiftly and eventually ended the session with strong gains. Slightly lower oil prices, the rupee's recovery against the U.S. dollar, and optimism over a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal contributed to mar
Major stock markets in Asia surged on Wednesday tracking the strong gains in Wall Street, attributed to AI-momentum and U.S.-Iran peace deal hopes.
Despite coming off early highs, Indian stocks remain in positive territory around late morning on Wednesday, riding on strong gains in automobile, banking, healthcare and realty sectors.
The Australian stock market is extending its early gains in mid-market moves on Wednesday, reversing the losses in the previous two sessions, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 moving above the 8,750 level, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, with gains in mining and financial stocks partially offset by weakness in energy stocks.
Strong GIFT Nifty futures, steady Asian markets and the overnight positive close on Wall Street indicate a firm start for Indian shares on Wednesday. Oil prices drifted lower amid hopes of a U.S.-Iran peace deal following U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement that his latest effort to partially reopen the Strait of Hormuz would be paused.
Asian stock markets are trading mostly higher on Wednesday, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, as tumbling crude oil prices after US attempts to unblock Strait of Hormuz traffic boosted market sentiments and eased supply concerns. Risk sentiment also improved amid signs of de-escalation in the Middle East conflict. Asian markets closed mostly lower on Tuesday.
The Thai Stock market on Tuesday snapped the four-day winning streak in which it had rallied almost 40 points or 2.7 percent. The Stock Exchange of Thailand now sits just above the 1,490-point plateau although it's likely to bounce higher again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets...
The Indonesia stock market has finished higher in two straight sessions, advancing more than 100 points or 1.4 percent along the way. The Jakarta Composite Index now rests just above the 7,050-point plateau and it may add to its winnings again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the Asian markets...
The Hong Kong stock market has alternated between positive and negative finishes through the last four trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had slumped almost 300 points or 1.2 percent. The Hang Seng Index now rests just beneath the 25,900-point plateau although it's likely to...
Ahead of the long holiday weekend for Labor Day, the China stock market had moved higher in back-to-back sessions, collecting almost 35 points or 0.8 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now sits just above the 4,110-point plateau and it's tipped to open in the green again on Wednesday. The...
Australian shares are trading notably higher on Wednesday, reversing the losses in the previous two sessions, with the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 moving well above the 8,700 level, following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street overnight, with gains in mining and financial stocks partially offset by weakness in energy stocks.
The Taiwan stock market has moved higher in back-to-back sessions, advancing almost 1,850 points or 4 percent to a fresh record closing high. The Taiwan Stock Exchange now sits just beneath the 40,770-point plateau and it's expected to extend its gains again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the...
The Malaysia stock market has finished higher in three straight sessions, advancing more than 25 points or 1.6 percent along the way. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just beneath the 1,750-point plateau and it's expected to open to the upside again on Wednesday. The global forecast for the...
The South Korea stock market rebounded hard on Monday, one session after ending the three-day winning streak in which it had jumped almost 220 points or 3.4 percent. Now at a fresh record closing high, the KOSPI sits just beneath the 6,940-point and it has a positive lead again on Wednesday. The global...
Indian stocks turned in a weak performance on Tuesday as rising tensions in the Middle East and the rupee's drop to a low of 95.44 against the greenback weighed on sentiment. The market managed to pare some losses thanks to a fairly decent recovery past mid-afternoon.00
May 01, 2026 15:54 ET Central banks dominated the economics news flow this week with almost all major ones announcing their latest policy decisions and many boosted expectations for a rate hike in June. In other news, several countries released the preliminary data for first quarter economic growth. In the U.S., comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell were also in focus as his term ends this month.