06:39 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets finished mixed and muted Wednesday as traders awaited fresh catalysts, weighed central bank actions and pending elections. Hong Kong edged lower while Shanghai and Tokyo finished flat. Other regional exchanges were mixed and muted. In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened evenly, waffled and finished essentially even, as traders awaited pending...

(Reuters) -European shares slipped on Wednesday, with ASML leading losses after a weak business update, while broader investor sentiment remained cautious on concerns over tariff-driven inflation following stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.3% to 543.38 points, as of 0712 GMT. ASML fell 6.7% after the world's biggest supplier of computer chip-making equipment warned that it...

06:52 AM EDT, 07/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The 10-year Canadian government bond (GoC) yield has quietly just cruised to its highest level in more than a year, said Bank of Montreal (BMO). GoCs pushed above 3.6% on Tuesday amid a so-so consumer price index and a broader sell-off in Treasuries, noted the bank. It doesn't help that markets have been...

TOKYO, July 16 (Reuters) - Japan's super-long government bonds rose on Wednesday, as investors bought back the bonds after a heavy selloff this week. The 40-year JGB yield fell 8 basis points to 3.4%. The 30-year JGB yield fell 2.5 bps to 3.135%. Yields move inversely to prices. The 30-year bond yield hit a record high in the previous session...