ASIAN MARKET

Shares in Asia climbed sharply higher Wednesday. Japan's Nikkei 225 Index surged 2.7%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index gained 1.3% on its first day of trading after the Chinese New Year holiday. In Japan, shares of Toshiba surged 6.3% after President Obama endorsed nuclear power and earmarked $8.3 billion for the construction of two U.S. nuclear power plants.

In Asia today Japan's Nikkei 225 Index gained 2.5% to 10,108 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.9% to 21,902. In China, the Shanghai Composite Index closed at 3,247 -- down 0.2%.In China, property developers stocks fell on worries that the government will increase interest rates and tighten...

In Asia Thursday, China's Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.5% to close at 3,254. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 Index fell 1.4% to 9,863 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index slipped 0.2% to end the day at 21,700.In China, news that the country's booming car industry sold more than 12 million vehicles so...

Shares in Asia were mixed Thursday. In Japan, the Nikkei Index gained 3.8% closing at 9,978, and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index gained 1.2%, ending the day at 22,554. Meanwhile in China, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.2% to 3,265 -- its first decline in four days. Japanese investors...

Major indexes in Asia rose Wednesday with China's Shanghai Composite Index gaining 1.1% to close at 3,270. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index added 8.0%, ending the day at 22,290 and in Japan, the Nikkei Index inched up 0.4% to 9,609.In China, real estate developers led gains as home buyers continued...

Shares in Asia climbed higher Tuesday. In Hong Kong the Hang Seng Index gained 1.3% to close at 22,113 and in China the Shanghai Composite Index rose1.3% to 3,235. In Japan, the Nikkei Index gained 2.4%, ending the day at 9,572.In Hong Kong the airline sector surged. Air China (AIRYY) soared 9.8%...

Asian stocks plunged Friday with Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index plummeting 4.8% to close at 21,135. In China the Shanghai Composite Index lost 2.4%, ending the day at 3,096 and in Japan, the Nikkei Index fell 3.2% to 9,082.News that Dubai's government-owned investment company, Dubai World, was asking...

Shares in Asia recouped some of yesterday's losses as benchmark indexes rose. In China the Shanghai Composite Index climbed 2.1% to end the day at 3,290, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index rose 0.8% to 22,612. In Japan the Nikkei Index closed at 9,442 -- up 0.4%.Chinese mining companies soared today...

Shares in Asia headed south Tuesday. In China, the Shanghai Composite index plunged 3.5% to 3,224, its largest drop in nearly three months. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index fell 1.5% to end the day at 22,423 and in Japan, the Nikkei Index lost 1% to close at 9,402.Banking shares suffered losses...

In Hong Kong Friday, the Hang Seng Index added 0.7% to close at 22,554, and the Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.5% to end the day at 3,188. Shares fell in Tokyo, sending the Nikkei Index down 0.4% to 9,770. According to the International Monetary Fund, Hong Kong's economic recovery is fragile....