Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gave up 0.6% to 39,699.76, extending losses after the Bank of Japan raised its ... which has been driving much of the action on Wall Street lately. When worries about inflation ...

Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Wall Street stocks retreated Friday as the market's latest rally lost steam, while the yen pushed higher after the Bank of Japan lifted interest rates.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting around a record on Friday as they head for the close of a second straight winning week.

Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high, with many regional markets closed for lunar new year holidays

Australia's inflation rose 0.2% in the December quarter and 2.4% annually, according to data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

Meta Platforms and Tesla helped lead most U.S. stocks higher following a rush of profit reports from some of the country’s most influential companies. The S&P 500 climbed 0.5% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.

US stocks rose on Thursday, with the Nasdaq (^IXIC) and S&P 500 (^GSPC) eyeing a comeback as investors digested news that the US economy expanded slower than economists had expected in the last three months of the year.

The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a sign of a more cautious approach as the Fed seeks to gauge where inflation is headed and what policies President Donald Trump may pursue.

Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino said on Thursday that the central bank will continue to raise interest rates if the economy and prices move in line with the bank's forecasts.

Anxiety over a Chinese startup’s threat to American artificial intelligence dominance faded further Wednesday as investors turned their focus to the Federal Reserve’s rate decision due later in the da