Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Japan and Hong Kong stocks were set to open mixed Tuesday, with several Asia-Pacific markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday. Japan's Nikkei 225 futures pointed to a lower open for the market. The futures contract in Chicago was at 39,150 and its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 39,050 compared to the index's previous close of 39,565.8.

The S&P 500 fell 1.9% Monday. Big Tech stocks took some of the heaviest losses, with Nvidia down 17.6%, and they dragged the Nasdaq composite down 3.3%.

This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Hong Kong stocks rose Tuesday after Wall Street saw a massive drop in shares of tech companies, while several Asia-Pacific markets were ...

Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures sank, while Chinese shares shed some of their early gains after a survey of manufacturers showed export orders dropping to a five-month low.

Shares in Japan's chip-related companies extended declines for a second day as Chinese startup DeepSeek's AI competitiveness calls into question the United States' leadership in the field.

This is CNBC's live blog covering Asia-Pacific markets. Japan and Hong Kong stocks were set to open mixed Tuesday, with several Asia-Pacific markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Australia's export price index rose 3.6%, while its import price index advanced 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2024.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting on Wednesday, ahead of the Federal Reserve’s upcoming decision on interest rates and after two days of disruption driven by doubts about the artificial-

DeepSeek says its AI model is similar to US giants like OpenAI, despite fears of censorship around issues sensitive to Beijing

As a tech stock rout and U.S. dollar swings driven by President Donald Trump's tariff threats send markets into a tailspin, investors are piling into assets from Japan's yen to European credit that could act as a buffer to the turbulence.

TwentyFour Asset Management co-head of investment grade Gordon Shannon said the impossibility of predicting Trump's policies had prompted him to favour bonds issued by domestically focused European banks, utilities providers and telecoms groups whose interest payments were reliable.