fbpx

Type to search

Latest: Asia Stock Market News

Australia’s Newcrest Reports Profit Slump as Output Dips
Australia’s Newcrest Reports Profit Slump as Output Dips

The company earned less for the gold it produced and was also hit with higher labour and freight costs due to a tight sea freight market

Ukraine Conflict Would Have ‘Uneven’ Asia-Pacific Impact
Ukraine Conflict Would Have ‘Uneven’ Asia-Pacific Impact

Asia-Pacific is the world’s largest net food and energy importer but it is not monolithic so a spike in food and energy prices would have an uneven impact

StanChart Doubles Profit, Sets $750m Share Buyback
StanChart Doubles Profit, Sets $750m Share Buyback

The bank expects revenue to grow an extra 3% per year as it benefits from rising interest rates as policymakers look to turn off years of cheap funding

Oil Bounces Back After Ukraine Rebels Claim Attack by Kyiv
Japan Trade Deficit Soars as Commodity Imports Surge
Glencore Mine Expansion Blocked at Sacred Australia Site
New Zealand Rugby Seals US Private Equity Deal
China’s `Common Prosperity’ to Boost Middle-Class, UBS Says
Australia’s Wesfarmers Group Sees First-Half Profit Dive
China Poised to Boost Global ESG-Labelled Bond Issuance

In This Section

AF Market Insights

Asia Financial Insights
Asia stock market insights, analysis, and guides from Asia Financial’s market and new economy experts.
logo

AF China Bond

Markets: The Big Picture

ASML in the Centre of the Chip War

With a market cap of$240 billion, chipmaker ASML is Europe’s most valuable tech company. Its market-leading position comes from its monopoly in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) machines which allow chipmakers to make smaller, faster and smarter semiconductors