A pedestrian walks past an electronic quotation board displaying the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on March 23, 2026. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Friday after a rotation out of chip stocks on Wall Street lifted the Dow Jones Industrial … Read more
FUYANG, CHINA – MARCH 23, 2026 – Stock investors are following the stock market situation at a securities trading hall in Fuyang, Anhui, China on March 23, 2026. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower Thursday, tracking Wall Street losses, as tensions … Read more
A stock broker at the Prudential Brokerage office follows the Hang Seng Index results in Hong Kong in March 2020. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as investors continue to grapple with volatile oil prices, while uncertainty over negotiations between Iran and the U.S. to end … Read more
An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei 225 stock prices on the Tokyo stock Exchange in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2025. Greg Baker | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Tuesday, as investors weighed renewed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran peace negotiations, while Wall Street benchmark indexes climbed to fresh highs overnight … Read more
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed on Monday as investors monitored lingering uncertainty around U.S.-Iran negotiations after President Donald Trump said he was in “no hurry” to strike a deal to end the conflict, now in its fourth month. The U.S. and Iran have … Read more
Stocks @ Night is a daily newsletter delivered after hours, giving you a first look at tomorrow and last look at today. Sign up for free to receive it directly in your inbox. Here’s what CNBC TV’s producers were watching as the S & P 500 posted another record close, and what’s on the radar … Read more
The Micron Memory Japan K.K. booth at the Semicon Japan exhibition in Tokyo, Dec. 18, 2025. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rally in semiconductor stocks is so incredible, traders can’t help but bet against it. Open interest in put contracts on the VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) have surged the past two months … Read more
A man looks at an electronic quotation board displaying stock prices on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 2, 2022. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Thursday, as investors continue to assess mixed signals from the ongoing Iran-U.S. negotiations amid a fragile ceasefire. Secretary of State Marco … Read more
Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour. Yaorusheng | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed Wednesday as investors assessed recent U.S. military action in Iran, the fragile state of the Washington-Tehran ceasefire and optimism that a deal could still be reached. U.S. forces carried out what the Pentagon described as “self-defense” strikes in … Read more
A man walks past an electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 index on the Tokyo Stock Exchange along a street in Tokyo on April 7, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open broadly higher Tuesday, amid falling oil prices as sentiment remained buoyed by hopes for a breakthrough … Read more