Econintersect:  October 15 was Occupy the World day as protestors around the globe took up demonstrations in support of the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement that started about one month ago in New York City.  Prior to that there have been protests on an… more »

The Mumbai stock market was down for the ninth straight day Thursday. In morning trading Friday, however, it was rebounding. Downward pressure on markets around the world has been reinforced in India by domestic issues, including a 50 basis point interest rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and developments in the telecom scandal trial. At market close Friday the Sensex was ahead by 1.7%. more »

Wednesday morning (April 20, 2011) Asia/Pacific stocks are following the rest of the world which saw rebounds in stock prices everywhere after more than a week of trading irregularly lower. The leading markets are Tokyo and Seoul, each up by 1.7%. more »

All eleven major stock markets in the Asia/Pacific region are trading lower Tuesday morning (April 19, 2011). Five of the markets have losses exceeding 1% so far. more »

Only Indonesia stocks (-0.1%) and the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo (unchanged) are not higher in early trading Monday. The other nine major markets are all advancing fractionally. Last week eight markets were down, led by Malaysia (-2.3%). more »