Asian stocks slip After Fridays small gains Asian stock slip back again. The news of North Korea testing a nuclear device saw Japan’s NIKKEI close down at: 19527 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index also close down at: 27740 Wall Street is closed Monday 4th September for Labor Day!   …

Asian markets follow Wall Street up Asian markets continued to edge up a little on Friday (01/09/17) following Wall Street after positive Chinese manufacturing data. Chinese shares moved higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng remained flat. Japan’s NIKKEI climbed 0.2%.    

Asia markets fall as US & North Korea tensions escalate Asian stocks also came under downward selling pressure. Due to the ongoing tensions between North Korea and US  – global stock markets continue to slide. Investors were moving to safer investment havens such as gold.