Asian shares advance as markets await signals on when the war with Iran may end
ABC News
Asian shares advanced but then gave up much of their early gains as investors awaited signals on when the war with Iran may end
BANGKOK -- Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday with several benchmarks giving up much of their early gains as investors awaited signals on when the war with Iran may end.
U.S. futures rose and oil prices were mixed.
Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 1.3% to 54,926.50 and South Korea's Kospi picked up 0.6% to 5,562.40 after gaining more than 3% earlier in the day.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng fell back, slipping 0.2% to 25,921.02, while the Shanghai Composite index edged 0.2% higher to 4,131.39.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.6% to $8,743.50.
China is signaling it will stay focused on technology and economic growth, even as U.S. tensions with Iran rise
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil, the international standard, has topped $100 a barrel again just days after it spiked near $120
Most U.S. stocks fell, but the market remained calm, even as the price of oil got back to rising
A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen as an immigrant detention facility after a nearly yearlong legal fight
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is scheduled to testify remotely in Akron in the high-profile corruption trial of two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives
Germany says it will release oil from its reserves in response to international appeal to release 400 million barrels
China has reported that passenger car sales plunged 34% in February from a year earlier
Asian shares advanced but then gave up much of their early gains as investors awaited signals on when the war with Iran may end
A New York federal judge is urging over two dozen states to settle their antitrust claims against Ticketmaster and its parent company this week after the Justice Department reached a deal and dropped out of an ongoing trial
Voting technology firm Smartmatic asked a federal judge to dismiss a criminal money laundering indictment saying the case is political retaliation tied to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims about the 2020 election
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes bounced back in February as home shoppers benefited from easing mortgage rates and a modest increase in properties on the market heading into the spring homebuying season
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has ordered that a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold seized last week by Hungarian authorities be held in custody for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigates the case
Tens of thousands of Iranians are fleeing Tehran and other cities as Israeli and U.S. bombardment spreads fear