MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.53 per cent, while Japan’s Nikkei rose 0.54 per cent.
20 Aug 2019 12:13 PM
On the prices front, the survey noted that, firms were also helped by a lack of inflationary pressures in the sector.
05 Jun 2019 11:53 AM
The upbeat mood among goods producers, coupled with a solid increase in new work, underpinned further job creation in the sector.
03 Jun 2019 11:35 AM
The move is expected to impact earnings and could cast a pall over its alliance with French automaker Renault.
19 Apr 2019 11:13 AM
Many analysts and consumers have said the new iPhones are overpriced.
09 Jan 2019 10:25 AM
The latest services PMI follows the manufacturing one, which showed that factory activity slackened in October.
03 Nov 2017 11:57 AM
The Purchasing Managers' Index had dropped to a low of 47.9 in July after the GST rollout.
01 Sep 2017 11:35 AM
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan climbed 0.3 per cent.
22 Jun 2017 9:37 AM
The Nikkei/IHS Markit Services PMI rose to a seven-month high of 52.2 in May.
05 Jun 2017 6:21 PM
Increase in raw material costs pushed firms to raise prices at fastest rate in nearly 3.5 years.
01 Mar 2017 11:08 AM
The loss is largely due to a goodwill impairment of around 600 billion yen on a U.S. nuclear unit that came to light in late 2016
12 Feb 2017 9:21 PM
The company is expected to report a roughly 100 billion yen ($850 million) one-time loss.
27 Dec 2016 8:40 AM
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.40 per cent, or 73.45 points, at 18,433.99 in the first few minutes of trade.
07 Dec 2016 7:38 AM
Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.64 per cent, or 117.01 points, at 18,309.07 by the break.
05 Dec 2016 9:24 AM