Shares of General Motors , Ford Motor , and Jeep-maker Stellantis , some of the biggest automakers in the U.S., rallied on Wednesday after news of a trade deal that will reduce tariffs on imported Japanese cars,

Reports that Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba planned to resign added to the drama and accelerated the rally in shares and declines in bonds. The yen swung between gains and losses.

Asia-Pacific markets are set for a lower open as investors weigh recent trade developments. Good morning from Singapore. Asia markets were set for a muted open Friday.

The U.S. dollar strengthened against the Swiss franc and euro but weakened versus the yen on Wednesday as positive sentiment from a new U.S. trade deal was offset by political uncertainty surrounding Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's future.

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Tokyo's benchmark stock index has reached a new high for the year for the second day in a row. Shares continued to climb following the Japan-US deal on hopes for more agreements between Washington and other trading partners.

Japan's upper house election on Sunday dealt a big blow to the ruling coalition and sets markets up for possible policy paralysis and a bigger fiscal deficit, much of which is already priced in, analysts said.

Stock markets rose on Wednesday after Japan and the United States hammered out a trade deal that included lowering President Donald Trump's tariffs on Japan's crucial car sector.

Mainland China's CSI 300 index added 0.37% to end the day at 3,936.08, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 0.87% to 24,072.28. Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 0.84% to end the day at 40,487.39 after ...

A new breed of exchange-traded funds in Japan aims to ride a push for corporate governance and value by buying into companies that are ripe for reform or targets of activist investors. Three new active ETFs launched by Simplex Asset Management,