Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ( BABA )   stock climbed 5.90% to HKD 105.90 ($13.60) in Hong Kong trading Monday, extending its year-to-date gains to 30.26% as investors eye the company’s upcoming third-quarter earnings report and recent artificial intelligence developments. The Chinese e-commerce giant’s cloud unit recently launched Qwen2.5-VL, an advanced AI model family capable of parsing files, analyzing videos,...

(Updates for market close) By Brigid Riley TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average ended nearly flat on Monday as investors weighed fresh U.S. tariff threats, although a smooth meeting between Japan's prime minister and U.S. President Donald Trump eased some investor concerns. The Nikkei closed up just 0.04% at 38,801.17 after a choppy session, while the broader...

With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Monday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows: Wall Street expects McDonald’s Corp. to report quarterly earnings at $2.84 per share on revenue of $6.44 billion before the opening bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro. McDonald’s shares slipped 0.02% to $294.25 in after-hours trading....

TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Monday, with the benchmark 10-year yield hitting a more-than-decade high, in line with a rise in U.S. Treasury yields last week, while investors continued to evaluate the interest rate outlook in Japan. The 10-year JGB yield earlier climbed to its highest since April 2011 at 1.32%. It was...