TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Long-dated Japanese government bond yields rose on Wednesday and futures declined, resisting pressure from a sharp drop in U.S. bond yields overnight, as investors positioned for tighter local monetary policy. The 30-year JGB yield rose 2.5 basis points (bps) to 2.170%, and the 20-year yield added 2 bps to 1.805%, as of 0255 GMT. The...

03:32 PM EDT, 06/18/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in late Tuesday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) each adding 0.3%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was falling 1.6%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was up 0.3%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) fell 3.4% to $64,570, and the yield...

* Most Asian currencies largely unchanged * Taiwan stocks hit record high for 7th day * Rupiah gains on resuming trading after two days of holiday * Bank Indonesia to keep rates unchanged - Reuters poll By Rajasik Mukherjee June 19 (Reuters) - Equities in Taiwan and South Korea advanced on Wednesday as some of the world's top chipmaking firms...

TOKYO, June 19 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average rose during the morning session on Wednesday, with technology shares rallying as the market reacted favourably to U.S. semiconductor stocks' gains overnight. U.S. chip star Nvidia ( NVDA ) overtook Microsoft ( MSFT ) to become the world's most valuable company, ending the day with a market capitalization of $3.22 trillion....