Hong Kong leads gains in Asia; Taiwan stocks hit new record
Publishing timestamp: 2024-06-19 03:22:03
Summary
Hong Kong markets gained over 2% led by energy and basic material stocks, Asia-Pacific markets mostly rose with Taiwan hitting all-time high. Japan's trade data showed positive exports growth. U.S. benchmark indexes hit fresh highs, with Nvidia becoming world's most valuable public company. Stocks in Asia mostly rose, with South Korea's Kospi gaining over 1%. China announced new measures to deepen reform of Shanghai's tech-heavy STAR market. India's Nifty 50 was flat, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.11%, and U.S. markets closed at record highs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Tickers: ARM, .N225, .NSEI, .IXIC, .KS11, .SPX, MSFT, .HSI, NVDA, 9984.T-JP, .AXJO, .DJI, .TWII,
Keywords: s&p 500 index, asia economy, arm holdings plc, cnx nifty index, microsoft corp, world markets, nikkei 225 index, business news, breaking news: markets, markets, hang seng index, kospi index, softbank group corp, taiwan weighted index,
Source: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/19/asia-pacific-markets.html