Stock Index Futures in Asia Pacific
The major futures indexes in Asia are the Hongkong Hangseng Future Index, the Japan Nikkei 225 Future Index and the Korea Kospi. The regional future indexes include the Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.
With the rise of China economy, Asia including Japan, may become a very important if not the biggest market in the world. Futures trading can now be conducted round-the-clock and around the world.
Asia Stocks News Updates
Europe stock futures fall 2 pct; track Asia, U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
LONDON, July 8 (Reuters) - European stock futures pointed to heavy falls at the open on Tuesday, tracking Asian and U.S. losses, with financials in focus as investors worried that the sector would have to raise more capital. Full story
Nortel plans Asia push, but it may be a tough slog (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Nortel Networks Corp plans aggressive growth in the Asia-Pacific region over the next two to three years, hoping to capitalize on demand for network gear and services in rapidly growing markets such as India and China. Full story
Stock Market Watch for Tuesday, July 8, 2008: AASI Conduit to Chinese Economy! (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
TheSUBWAY.com: Names the following stocks to its Stock Watch List: All Asia Licensing, Inc., Evergreen Solar, Inc., United Airlines, Charter Communications, Inc.. Full story
Stocks Drop in Europe and Asia, Led by Banks; U.S. Futures Gain (Bloomberg.com)
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia as concern deepened that financial firms will need more capital and automakers forecast slumping sales. U.S. index futures rose. Full story
Stocks Decline in Europe, Asia, Led by UBS; U.S. Futures Fall (Bloomberg.com)
July 8 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks fell in Europe and Asia and U.S. index futures dropped as concern deepened financial firms will need more capital and automakers forecast slumping sales. Full story
Singapore Hot Stocks-Straits Asia Resources up on broker upgrade (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SINGAPORE, July 7 (Reuters) - Straits Asia Resources rose as much as 3.9 percent after Goldman Sachs upgraded the stock to "buy" from "neutral" with a target price of S$4.70. Full story
Nortel plans Asia push, but it may be a tough slog (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
*Nortel plans to grow Asia-Pacific business Full story