People walk inside the Korea Exchange (KRX) building, as stock markets in Asia as a whole have been affected by the intensifying political turmoil over president Yoon Suk Yeol’s role in martial law, in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 9, 2024.

Oil prices hovered near a two-week low on Tuesday after weak economic data from China and warming weather forecasts elsewhere soured the demand outlook. Brent crude oil futures rose by 42 cents, or 0.

The technology-dominated index slipped 3.07% to finish at 19,341.83. The S&P 500 shed 1.46% and closed at 6,012.28. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed to add 289.33 points, or 0.65%, settling at 44,713.58.

Wall Street is pointing slightly lower in early trading but is on track to close the week with solid gains on healthy quarterly earnings reports from large U.S. corporations.

The dividend yield of Chinese firms stood at 2.8% at the end of 2024, the highest in 8 years: LSEG data Read more at straitstimes.com.

Korea Zinc held a special shareholders' meeting on Thursday to elect new board members, opening another chapter in a bitter four-month takeover battle for the world's top refined zinc producer.

The South Korea stock market on Wednesday ended the three-day losing streak in which it had eased almost 10 points or 0.4 percent.

Netflix shot up 14.6% after it reported adding nearly 19 million subscribers during the holiday-season quarter and it topped sales and profit targets. The video streaming service’s expansion into live programming appears to be paying off as it wrapped up its best year ever with more than $40 billion in revenue.

European markets open higher while Asian stocks are mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments on tariffs raised uncertainty in Chinese markets. Trump said Tuesday he was considering a

NASDAQ, S&P, and Dow Industrials, all key major US markets players, were in green, showing an upward trend on Tuesday, a positive outcome in comparison to Monday's red strike.

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