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Global investors’ interest in South Korea’s economy and capital markets has “clearly changed” for the better in recent years, the country’s top finance ministry official said, as the won prepares to shift to round-the-clock trading on July 6.
Bankers expect IPO activity to accelerate in the coming months.
Japanese and South Korean semiconductor stocks tumbled Thursday after a selloff in US technology shares soured the mood across Asia. Meta Platforms Inc.’s plan to sell access to AI computing power also raised worries about oversupply.
Iron ore advanced — with futures briefly topping $100 a ton — after China’s state-backed buyer of the commodity signaled that it planned to restrict some Fortescue Ltd. inventories held at mainland ports.
Securing supplies of key raw materials has become a priority for the world’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries.
A hoard of Iranian oil is building up at sea, as the Islamic Republic struggles to find buyers before the expiry of a 60-day window granted by Washington.
Japanese bonds dropped after demand at a sale of benchmark 10-year notes fell to the lowest since April on growing fiscal concerns and worries the Bank of Japan isn’t raising rates quickly enough to contain inflation.
Bloomberg: The Asia Trade brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)
Business jet departures in the Middle East declined about 30% in the aftermath of the Iran war, a trend that’s at risk of continuing until a peace deal is signed.
Sam Altman’s start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises
The US president calls it a �gift’ to the nation. Critics say he is racing past checks to stamp his mark on the capital
Pragmatism, not ideology, should be the guide
A new study suggests weight-loss drugs help women find work — and prompt men to leave their partners
Overseas investors offloaded the most Japanese bonds in three years in June, official data showed, after a lackluster performance left the debt trailing most of its global peers.
The world has faced plenty of disruption this year, but that hasn’t derailed business in and out of the Asia Pacific, where the volume of deals such as mergers and acquisitions has already topped $750 billion in 2026.
Indian suppliers of T-shirts, bed linen and towels to global retailers such as Walmart Inc. are among this year’s biggest stock-market winners, with some investors betting the rally has further to run.
Palm oil edged lower, weighed down by declining crude prices and expectations for strong output from the second-biggest grower, Malaysia.
The yen strengthened sharply against the dollar on Thursday amid rising speculation that the currency’s continued weakness may prompt a fresh round of intervention by Japan.
The Democratic Republic of Congo is drawing up plans for its first stock exchange as it seeks to attract more investment to an economy that’s benefiting from soaring demand for minerals critical to the AI buildout.
India is fast-tracking efforts to sell stakes in some of its largest state-owned companies, including the nation’s biggest life insurer, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration looks to bolster public finances strained by high oil prices.
Carlsberg A/S confidentially filed draft papers for an initial public offering of its India unit to raise as much as $700 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
China’s independent refiners are taking advantage of cheaper Middle Eastern oil after flows accelerated through the Strait of Hormuz, snapping up barrels from producers including Saudi Arabia and Iraq.