Asian markets set to resume trading after New Year’s Day holiday

Singapore city skyline on September 18, 2016. Rustam Azmi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Asian stocks traded mixed on Thursday as several major markets resumed trading after New Year’s Day holiday. China’s Caixin/S&P Global manufacturing purchasing managers’ index for December fell to 50.5, missing economists’ forecast of 51.7 in a Reuters poll. PMI … Read more

China manufacturing data, South Korea CPI

A worker assembling a loader transmission mechanism at a manufacturer in Qingzhou, China. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets fell Tuesday as China’s manufacturing growth missed expectations, but the country’s benchmark CSI 300 closed the year higher, ending three years of losses. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index, which ended a shortened trading day … Read more

Jeju Air, South Korea industrial output

Sunrise scene of Seoul downtown city skyline, Aerial view of N Seoul Tower at Namsan Park in twilight sky in morning. The best viewpoint and trekking from inwangsan mountain in Seoul city, South Korea Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on the penultimate trading day of this year, after Wall … Read more