KOSPI Composite Index

Several Asian stock market indexes hit 52-week lows during trading on Monday in Asia, the first day of trading after Standard & Poor's lowered its rating of United States government debt. While much of the selloff in Asian stocks could be blamed on the Standard & Poor's move to lower its...

Stock markets across Asia had a dismal performance a day after the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its biggest single-day drop in nearly three years. Asian stock markets started the week off on a positive note, rising after news broke that President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders had...

Asian stock markets continued to fall during Wednesday trading as concerns over America's economy continued to overshadow the recent positive news that the United States was able to avoid a default on its debt. Asian stocks began the week on the upswing after it was announced that President Barack...

All of the significant stock market indexes in the Asia/Pacific region ended Monday trading higher after news broke that President Barack Obama and Congressional leaders had reached a deal to raise the United States debt ceiling in order to prevent the country from defaulting on its debts. The...

Stock indexes across Asia finished Tuesday trading higher, as positive earnings news overshadowed concerns that the United States government faces a default. President Barack Obama gave a nationally televised speech on Monday evening that gave no indication that he was closer to reaching a deal...

Asian stock market indexes climbed higher on Wednesday on news of better than expected earnings from American companies and renewed optimism that President President Obama and the United States Congress would be able to strike a deal in order to avoid a catastrophic debt default. Both Apple (...

Stock prices across Asia continued to fall during trading on Monday over worries about possible defaults on sovereign debt facing the United States and the European Union. There is growing concern that President Barack Obama and the United States Congress will be unable to agree to raise the debt...

Although the Chinese economy continues to grow at a pace that far exceeds its Western counterparts, there are signs that inflation fighting measures by the Chinese government may be having an impact. While Chinese GDP growth in the 2nd quarter came in at a robust 9.5% above the year earlier period...

Asian stocks climbed higher again during Friday trading in Asia, as the markets reacted positively to the Greek Parliament passing a second set of austerity measures that allowed Greece to receive the latest 12 billion euro ($17 billion) installment of its emergency loan from the European Union (EU...

Most Asian stock markets ended Wednesday trading in positive territory, mainly on the belief that the Greek Parliament would pass a set of austerity measures aimed at getting the country's finances in order and ending the near-term possibility of a default by Greece on its debts. Earlier in the...