Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.3% to 40,074.87 after the central bank raised its benchmark rate to about 0.5% from 0.25%, as widely expected. It is the highest level for the rate since 2008, as the Bank of Japan shifts out of a long spell of extreme low interest rates meant to spur more borrowing and spending.

Massachusetts Senator Peter Durant wants the state to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve amid global clamor for the coin.

Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday followed Wall Street’s mostly positive performance ahead of key U.S. inflation data that could influence the pace of market-boosting rate cuts by the Federal Reserve ... The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added 0.2% to 19,264. ...

Investors dumped technology stocks in premarket trading Monday, sending U.S. indexes sharply lower after Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek demonstrated a chatbot that it says rivals the top versions from OpenAI and Google for a fraction of the cost.

New shades of capitalism are emerging in China's tuckered out stock market as companies, at Beijing's behest, buy back their shares and pay record dividends to investors lying in wait for a so-far evasive rebound.

SINGAPORE shares ended lower on Monday (Jan 27), tracking declines in the region. Read more at The Business Times.

U.S. stock futures and Asian shares outside China slumped on Monday as investors weighed the implications of Chinese startup DeepSeek's launch of a free, open-source artificial intelligence model to rival OpenAI's ChatGPT.

The second Trump term will likely create economic volatility, but financials, consumer discretionary, industrials are sectors expected to benefit, alongside AI and small caps, note the analysts.

Experts believe that DeepSeek's emergence suggests that China can continue to make strides in the AI race despite US restrictions

Gift Nifty was trading around 22,970 level, a discount of nearly 143 points from the Nifty futures’ previous close, indicating a gap-down start for the Indian stock market indices.

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