Know What's Happening in Asia Stocks
Know What's Happening in Asia Stocks
Hormuz hopes lift Asia‑Pacific equities as oil prices surge
Asia‑Pacific markets rallied on Friday as optimism grew that Iran and Oman’s draft protocol could reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil shipments. Crude prices rose, with U.S. WTI at $112 per barrel and Brent at $141, prompting South Korea’s Kospi to jump 2.7% while Japan’s bond yields hit multi‑decade highs and China’s CSI 300 slipped.
USD/JPY fell for a second day as Japan’s new lower‑house majority under Prime Minister Fumio Takaichi spurred a rally in Japanese equities and a shift of capital into the yen. The decline was amplified by weak U.S. retail‑sales data and broader dollar selling, while the yen emerged as the top G10 performer. Technical analysis shows the pair slipping through its 100‑day moving average, eyeing the 200‑day level near 150.39 and a potential drop to the January low of 152.27. Upcoming U.S. payrolls, CPI and Fed policy decisions could further influence the trend.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) issued a circular tightening obligations for credit rating agencies (CRAs) when they rate instruments overseen by other regulators. The new framework mandates separate email IDs, distinct web disclosures, and unchanged minimum net‑worth...
Vedanta Aluminium has raised its Jharsuguda billet output to 830,000 tonnes per year, adding 250,000 tonnes of new capacity and a 120,000‑tonne Primary Foundry Alloy line. The upgrade uses advanced casting and homogenising technology from Wagstaff and Hertwich, cementing the...
Crisil’s latest report finds that broking firms with diversified revenue streams have weathered recent regulatory curbs and the budget‑proposed securities transaction tax (STT) hike better than pure‑play transaction brokers. An analysis of 25 firms across FY25 and H1 FY26 shows...
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) approved a US$44.96 billion capital budget to expand advanced, mature and specialty technology capacity, upgrade packaging, and build new fabs. The plan includes upgrading its Kumamoto plant to 3‑nanometer production to meet surging AI demand. The...
Bombay Stock Exchange posted a stellar Q3 FY26, with profit after tax soaring 173% YoY to ₹600 crore, propelled by a 119% jump in options average daily turnover. Infrastructure expansion continues, with 500 colocation racks already live and an additional 80...
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has earmarked NT$30 billion (about US$950 million) to help the island’s auto and parts sector absorb shocks from pending U.S. tariff changes under a new Taiwan‑U.S. trade pact. Officials estimate the tariff impact could shave more than...
Entellus Industries announced a ₹50 crore ($5.5 million) funding round led by ZeroW, adding to a prior $12 million raise from Social Capital. The capital will fund capital‑expenditure to launch sintered‑alloy production, targeting high‑stress automotive components such as engines and transmissions. The company...
Fractal Analytics and Aye Finance saw muted demand on day two of their IPOs, with overall subscription rates of just 0.20 times and 0.16 times respectively. Fractal trimmed its offering from the originally planned ₹4,900 crore to about ₹2,834 crore, pricing shares between ₹857...
Axis Securities maintains a Hold rating on Jyothy Labs, setting a target price of ₹270 against a current market price of ₹249.85. The company posted a 5% revenue increase to ₹740 crore in Q3FY26, supported by 7.2% volume growth and strong...
Taiwan’s Vice Premier Cheng Li‑chiun will lead a delegation to the United States to sign the Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (ART) later this week. The deal reduces U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20% to 15% and secures a commitment...
The Indian rupee closed at a provisional 90.57 per US dollar, gaining 9 paise after shedding early losses. The modest appreciation was driven by a rally in domestic equities and a weakening dollar index that slipped below the 97‑level. Analysts expect...
Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has broken ground on a NT$3.77 billion Advanced Semiconductor R&D Base in Hsinchu, slated for completion in December 2027 with operations beginning Q1 2028. The publicly funded campus will feature high‑bay clean rooms, seismic‑resistant structures, and pilot...
Embassy Developments Limited reported a 240% quarter‑on‑quarter rise in pre‑sales to ₹1,392 crore for Q3 FY26, with new bookings climbing 193% to 1.19 million sq ft. Despite the sales surge, the stock slipped 3.97% to ₹64.75, trading under an Additional Surveillance Measure after the...
AXISCADES Technologies posted a 25% year‑on‑year revenue increase to ₹343 crore in Q3 FY26, driving its shares up 5% to ₹1,238.50. EBITDA jumped 55.3% to ₹63 crore, with margins expanding to 18.3%, while profit after tax nearly doubled 87.2% to ₹28 crore. The...
India's securities regulator SEBI has halted the National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX) and the Metropolitan Stock Exchange (MSE) from launching equity derivatives, insisting they first build robust cash‑equity businesses and upgrade technology. Both exchanges had applied for approval to...
Sky Gold & Diamonds reported a 77% YoY revenue jump to ₹1,768 crore and a 120% surge in profit after tax to ₹80.53 crore for Q3 FY26, with EBITDA margins expanding to 7.34%. Despite the strong fundamentals, the stock fell 5.25% to...
Titan Company Ltd shares rose 0.5% to ₹4,280.35, touching a 52‑week high of ₹4,329.60 ahead of its Q3FY26 earnings release. Analysts project a net profit of roughly ₹15.5 billion, up from ₹12 billion a year earlier. The stock has outperformed the broader...
Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported a 66% jump in trading turnover for January 2026, driven by robust activity across both retail and institutional segments. The exchange posted record exchange‑traded fund (ETF) turnover, marking its highest level ever. Derivatives volume also surged...
For the first time, inflows into gold and silver ETFs in India have outpaced all equity mutual‑fund schemes. Gold ETFs attracted ₹24,040 crore and silver ETFs ₹9,463 crore in February, pushing passive AUM up 6 percent to ₹15.41 lakh crore. Equity scheme inflows fell to...
Promoter Kumar Mangalam Birla increased his holding in Vodafone Idea by purchasing a total of 4.09 crore shares at ₹11.13 per share, raising his stake to 0.02 percent. Following the buyback, Vi’s shares jumped 4.04 percent to ₹11.58 on the BSE. Emkay Global...
What will be the next driver of returns for Japanese equities? We already have large and increasing returns of capital via dividends and buybacks, driven by the corporate governance reform. But, the next cab off the rank, and the major outcome the...
Indian equity indices are expected to edge higher on Tuesday as Nifty futures trade around 25,915, with the market eyeing a 26,000 resistance level. Derivatives data shows a Put‑Call Ratio of 1.05 and strong open‑interest buildup at the 26,000 call...
Taiwanese firms are gradually shifting manufacturing out of China, driven by rising geopolitical and regulatory risks. Experts describe the move as a long‑cycle adjustment toward Southeast Asia and India, aiming to climb the value chain into AI and semiconductor sectors....
Nearly two decades after China Development Bank issued its first RMB‑denominated bond in Hong Kong, dim sum bonds have become a cornerstone of offshore liquidity. The initial issuance was modest, but it demonstrated that Chinese sovereign and policy banks could...
Nifty Outlook as on 10-02-2026 .......This is the rising channel for the nifty actions... What are the important levels for nifty, Now it's been struggling to get past the high that we made over here on a closing basis, which is...
The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission affirmed PHP1 million fines for NOW Corp. and its chair Mel Velarde after finding their November 2021 market disclosure misleading. The regulator rejected NOW’s appeal, labeling the statement a "half‑truth" that misled investors about a alleged...
Mynt, the parent of GCash, is keeping an IPO on the table while accelerating its payments, lending and wealth‑management services. The fintech arm delivered P6.1 billion in attributable equity earnings in 2025, a 64% jump year‑on‑year, and its lending subsidiary Fuse...
Public Bank at record high close RM5.08. The bank is celebrating 60 yrs in 2026. Founded in 1966 by TS Teh Hong Piow. Largest Shareholders: 1. Consolidated Teh Holdings: 21.6% 2. EPF: 18.25% 3. KWAP: 5.02% Public is most efficient from cost & ROE...
Chinese EV maker Nio raises US$2.6 billion bet on battery swapping Company touts 100 million swaps, but fast-charging batteries are eating into the technology’s speed advantage, analyst says https://t.co/5WP0l9ZSXA via @scmpnews
Indonesia’s equity market faces a potential $60 bn outflow if MSCI downgrades it from emerging to frontier status. MSCI halted new Indonesian inclusions on Jan 27, citing weak transparency and low free‑float ratios, prompting a 7.3% drop in the Jakarta Composite. Regulators...
SMIC Earnings Top Expectations on Strong Chip Demand, Outlook Cautious Question no one asks: Wouldn't it have been good to have SMIC as cutting edge node producer given where demand is? https://t.co/BlRZpOYkmc
1/5 Reuters: "The EU should consider either an unprecedented 30% across-the-board tariff on Chinese goods or a 30% depreciation of the euro against the renminbi to counter a flood of cheap imports, a French government strategy report said on Monday." https://t.co/1HcSSyRLJx
Japan recorded a historic 31.88 trillion yen current‑account surplus in 2025, the second year of record balances and an 11.1 percent rise from the prior year. The surplus was driven by a 4.7 percent jump in primary income from overseas investments and a...
1/11 SCMP: "China’s potential growth rate could fall to about 2.5 per cent in the coming years unless action is taken, prominent Chinese economist Zhou Tianyong has warned." https://t.co/9xqpRhz105
Here are the LTM EPS for The Hour Glass. The turn came in March 2025, just when the WatchCharts Rolex index bottomed. Coincidence? https://t.co/1dQwTByVBg
Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) have overtaken foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in Nifty‑50 ownership for the first time, holding 24.8 % versus FIIs’ 24.3 % as of December 2025. The shift follows a year of expanding DII stakes across most index constituents while...
BYD says it has developed sodium batteries with cycle life up to 10,000 https://t.co/LVmbk7yACN via @CnEVPost
Interesting thing is to see 2nd Exhibit- earnings were OK (flattish) for 4 yrs but in the same period stocks were down about 60%. This is what can happen when there is view on longer term disruption which does not...
Groww added roughly 353,000 active demat accounts in January 2026, surpassing the entire industry’s net gain of 302,000 accounts. This surge lifted its market share to 27.66%, a 60‑basis‑point rise from December. The broker now serves 12.48 million clients, cementing its...
The episode examines the surge of Japan's Nikkei index past 57,000 points after Prime Minister Sanae Takaovich's decisive election win, analyzing its implications for the Japanese economy. Host Andrew Peach also discusses Indian farmers' worries about a new interim trade...
India’s oldest exchange, BSE, posted a 174% year‑on‑year jump in Q3 FY26 net profit to ₹602 crore, driven by robust trading activity and higher operating income. Revenue from operations surged 62% to ₹1,244 crore. Sequentially, profit rose 8% from Q2 while revenue...
India’s equity markets closed sharply higher on Feb 9, 2026, with the Sensex up 0.58% and the Nifty up 0.68%, driven by optimism over an interim India‑US trade framework and strong earnings from State Bank of India (SBI). SBI surged 7.63%...
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi secured a landslide win in the lower‑house election, giving her party a dominant 316‑seat majority. The victory is expected to accelerate negotiations on a Taiwan‑Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, according to University of Tokyo expert Lim...
Tata Steel posted Q3 FY26 revenue of ₹57,000 crore, down 3% QoQ, while volumes rose 4%. Consolidated EBITDA slipped 11% to ₹8,200 crore, with weaker pricing and widening losses in the UK and Netherlands. A cost‑transformation programme delivered ₹8.6 billion of savings and...
Motilal Oswal reiterates a Buy on Hero MotoCorp, setting a ₹6,804 target versus the current ₹5,755.20 price. The company posted Q3 FY26 profit of ₹14.4 billion, marginally above forecasts, helped by higher other income while margins held steady despite an EV rollout. Analysts project...
Taiwan's Executive Yuan announced a temporary freeze on gasoline and diesel prices from Feb 16‑23 and will keep natural gas and LPG rates unchanged through the end of February to smooth consumer costs during the Lunar New Year. The decision follows...
Taiwan’s January exports jumped 69.9% year‑on‑year to a record $65.77 billion, marking the 27th straight month of growth. Imports also rose sharply, yielding an $18.89 billion trade surplus, up 87.7%. The surge was led by AI‑related tech, information and audio/video products, and...
The Indian rupee closed at 90.74 per U.S. dollar on Monday, down 9 paise after a volatile session that swung between a high of 90.37 and a low of 90.77. Traders linked the movement to the newly announced India‑U.S. interim trade...
Zydus Lifesciences reported a 30% year‑on‑year revenue increase to ₹68.6 bn in Q3 FY2025‑26, driven by strong performance across pharmaceuticals, consumer wellness and medtech. Adjusted net profit rose 9% to ₹11.1 bn, while EBITDA grew 31% to ₹18.2 bn, lifting margins to 26.5%....
