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Cargo Containers At Longtan Area of Nanjing Port - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 12, 2025 shows the Longtan area of Nanjing Port under Jiangsu Port Group in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. Bolstered by dynamic new growth drivers, the Chinese economy has demonstrated significant resilience and vitality despite increasing headwinds as it enters the final quarter of 2025, staying on track to achieve its full-year development goals. A set of key indicators released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reflected continued economic momentum. The country's industrial output for the first 10 months posted a steady 6.1 percent year-on-year increase, with the services production index up 5.7 percent. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Cargo Containers At Longtan Area of Nanjing Port - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 14, 2025 shows the Longtan area of Nanjing Port under Jiangsu Port Group in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. Bolstered by dynamic new growth drivers, the Chinese economy has demonstrated significant resilience and vitality despite increasing headwinds as it enters the final quarter of 2025, staying on track to achieve its full-year development goals. A set of key indicators released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reflected continued economic momentum. The country's industrial output for the first 10 months posted a steady 6.1 percent year-on-year increase, with the services production index up 5.7 percent. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Cargo Containers At Longtan Area of Nanjing Port - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 14, 2025 shows vessels moored at a container terminal in Jingtang area of Tangshan Port in Tangshan City, north China's Hebei Province. Bolstered by dynamic new growth drivers, the Chinese economy has demonstrated significant resilience and vitality despite increasing headwinds as it enters the final quarter of 2025, staying on track to achieve its full-year development goals. A set of key indicators released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) reflected continued economic momentum. The country's industrial output for the first 10 months posted a steady 6.1 percent year-on-year increase, with the services production index up 5.7 percent. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Industrial production costs fall in Italy for 6th consecutive month

STORY: Industrial production costs fall in Italy for 6th consecutive month SHOOTING DATE: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets in Rome STORYLINE: Industrial producer prices in Italy fell for the sixth consecutive month, the country's statistics entity reported Thursday, due largely to continued decreases in energy costs. The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said that prices for industrial producers fell by 0.9 percent in April compared to the previous month. Costs were 5.9 percent below their levels from a year earlier. The trend represents a marked turn-around from 2022 and early 2023, when the key index rose nearly every month and when year-on-year increases regularly topped 30 percent due to the spike in energy prices. Overall inflation in Italy has fallen dramatically since October 2023. This decline has been broadly in line with the drop in producer prices. Still, the rate of decrease in producer

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Türkiye's annual Industrial Production Index reaches 2-year high in Feb.

STORY: Türkiye's annual Industrial Production Index reaches 2-year high in Feb. SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: April 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an industrial zone in Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of a factory in Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye's Industrial Production Index grew by 11.5 percent year-on-year in February, the sharpest growth in the past two years, official data showed on Monday. The data revealed significant increases across key sectors, with the mining and quarrying index rising by 12.8 percent, the manufacturing index by 11.9 percent, and the electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning supply index by 7.7 percent compared to the same period last year. On a monthly basis, the output increased 3.2 percent in February, the strongest growth since March 2023. When examining specific subsectors, the mining and quarrying index saw a 3.2 percent decrease, while the manufa

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India's central banking institution keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 pct for 7th time in row

STORY: India's central banking institution keeps repo rate unchanged at 6.5 pct for 7th time in row SHOOTING TIME: April 5, 2024 DATELINE: April 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of RBI building 3. various of banks 4. various of market area STORYLINE: India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), on Friday announced it has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent. The repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends money to commercial banks in the event of a shortfall of funds. This is the seventh time in a row the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the key rates unchanged. According to the RBI, these decisions are in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price index (CPI) inflation of 4 percent within a band of plus or minus 2 percent, while supporting growth. Meanwhile, the real GDP growth for 2024-25 is projected at 7.0 perce

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U.S. homebuilder sentiment turns negative for first time in five months

STORY: U.S. homebuilder sentiment turns negative for first time in five months DATELINE: Sept. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of construction sites 2. various of local residential areas STORYLINE: U.S. homebuilder confidence dropped below the key break-even measure of 50 for the first time in five months amid high mortgage rates, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) released Monday. Builder confidence in the market for newly-built single-family homes in September fell five points to 45, as persistently high mortgage rates above 7 percent continue to erode builder confidence, the association said in a statement. The decrease follows a 6-point drop in August. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage has been over 7 percent since June, due to the U.S. Federal Reserve's aggressive rate hikes since March last year. The target range for the federal funds rate is at 5.25 percent to 5

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U.S.-CPI-AUGUST

(230914) -- FOSTER CITY, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Sept. 13, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent in August, its biggest monthly gain in 2023; and 3.7 percent from a year ago. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CPI-AUGUST

(230914) -- FOSTER CITY, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Sept. 13, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent in August, its biggest monthly gain in 2023; and 3.7 percent from a year ago. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CPI-AUGUST

(230914) -- FOSTER CITY, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Sept. 13, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent in August, its biggest monthly gain in 2023; and 3.7 percent from a year ago. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CPI-AUGUST

(230914) -- FOSTER CITY, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Sept. 13, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent in August, its biggest monthly gain in 2023; and 3.7 percent from a year ago. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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U.S.-CPI-AUGUST

(230914) -- FOSTER CITY, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Customers shop at a supermarket in Foster City, California, the United States, Sept. 13, 2023. The U.S. Department of Labor reported Wednesday that U.S. consumer price index (CPI), a key gauge of inflation, rose 0.6 percent in August, its biggest monthly gain in 2023; and 3.7 percent from a year ago. (Photo by Li Jianguo/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-CCPI-INFLATION

(230901) -- COLOMBO, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows a view of the Pettah Market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 1, 2023. The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) indicates that Sri Lanka's key inflation rate has eased to 4 percent in August from 6.3 percent in July, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) said on Thursday. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-CCPI-INFLATION

(230901) -- COLOMBO, Sept. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man is seen at a stall at the Pettah Market in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 1, 2023. The Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI) indicates that Sri Lanka's key inflation rate has eased to 4 percent in August from 6.3 percent in July, the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS) said on Thursday. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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Nikkei closes at nearly 9-month low

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard shows Japan's key Nikkei index closing at a nearly nine-month low of 9,161.68 in Tokyo's Yaesu area on Aug. 17, 2010. The yen's strength against the dollar continued to weigh on the market amid concern about economic growth at home and abroad.

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Tokyo stocks end 2004 higher on hopes of brighter outlook

TOKYO, Japan - Officials at the Tokyo Stock Exchange and stocks brokerage employees applaud during a ceremony to mark the end of this year's trading at the TSE in central Tokyo on Dec. 30. The key Nikkei stock index closed at a five-and-a-half-month high, with investors showing a strong appetite almost across the board on expectations that the outlook for the stock market will be brighter next year.

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Nikkei bounces back over 450 pts

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district on Aug. 20. Tokyo stock prices rebounded sharply, lifting the key Nikkei index more than 450 points buoyed by higher U.S. shares and a weaker yen.

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Nikkei sheds 874 pts, closing at lowest level in 12 months

TOKYO, Japan - A man looks at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Yurakucho district on Aug. 17. Stock prices tumbled for a third day with the key Nikkei index losing more than 5 percent, closing at its lowest level in 12 months.

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Nikkei hits lowest closing since Dec. amid widening subprime woes

TOKYO, Japan - A pedestrian looks up at the price board outside a brokerage house in Tokyo's Marunouchi district on Aug. 15 as Japan's benchmark stock index ended at its lowest level since December with a loss of some 370 points. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average plunged 369.00 points to end at 16,475.61, the lowest level since Dec. 8 when the index closed at 16,417.82.

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Nikkei index up over 2%

TOKYO, Japan, June 27 Kyodo - An electronic board in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index (C on top tier) closing above the 15,000 line on June 27, 2016, up more than 2 percent following its sharpest fall in more than 16 years the previous session, caused by Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

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Nikkei ends 2015 at 19-year closing high

TOKYO, Dec. 30 Kyodo - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2015, shows an electronic board in Tokyo indicating the movement of the key Nikkei stock index, which ended at 19,033.71, its highest annual closing level in 19 years.

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Nikkei ends near 7-year high on firmer dollar

TOKYO, Japan - A bulletin board in central Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange ending at 16,374.14, the highest since Nov. 2, 2007, on Sept. 25, 2014, as the U.S. dollar's firmness in the lower 109 yen zone boosted exporter shares.

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Nikkei ends above 16,000 for 1st time in 8 months

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange topping the 16,000 threshold for the first time in eight months on Sept. 18, 2014. The key index ended up 178.90 points, or 1.13 percent, from the previous day at 16,067.57, its best finish since Jan. 8.

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Nikkei ends below 15,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average (top L) on Jan. 28, 2014. The key stock index ended down 25.57 points, or 0.17 percent, from the previous day at 14,980.16, finishing below 15,000 for the first time since mid-November.

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Nikkei rises above 16,000

TOKYO, Japan - A display at an office of a money broker in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 16,000 line on the morning of Dec. 24, 2013. The key Japanese stock index rose above the threshold for the first time in about six years.

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Nikkei rises above 16,000

TOKYO, Japan - A display at an office of a money broker in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading above the 16,000 line on the morning of Dec. 24, 2013. The key Japanese stock index rose above the threshold for the first time in about six years.

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Nikkei sinks to below 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading below the 14,000 line on the morning of May 30, 2013. The key stock index ended the morning session down 393.54 points, or 2.75 percent, from the previous day at 13,932.92.

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Nikkei jumps after previous day's dive

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average trading up more than 400 points at 14,919.89 at 10:26 a.m. on May 24, 2013, after briefly staying above the 15,000 mark. Japan's key stock index rose sharply after diving more than 1,140 points or 7.3 percent the previous day.

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Nikkei ends above 14,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei Stock Average above 14,000, up more than 500 points from May 2, the preceding business day, on the afternoon of May 7, 2013. The index finished at 14,180.24, its highest close since June 18, 2008, as sentiment was buoyed following robust U.S. jobs data for April and the yen's weak tone against the U.S. dollar.

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Nikkei ends above 13,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, closing up 358.95 points from the previous day at 13,192.59 on April 8, 2013. The Nikkei ended above the 13,000 line for the first time since August 2008.

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Nikkei tops 13,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in central Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index trading above the 13,000 mark, up more than 400 points from the previous day, in the morning of April 5, 2013. The index rose to its highest level since August 2008, buoyed by the Bank of Japan's decision the previous day to conduct a set of bolder-than-expected monetary easing.

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Nikkei tops 10,000

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows that Japan's Nikkei stock index was trading up 133.23 points at 10,056.24 at one point on the morning of Dec. 19, 2012. The key stock barometer rose above the 10,000 mark for the first time since April 4.

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Japan stocks fall

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a display in Tokyo's Yaesu district indicating the closing level of the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average on June 1, 2012. Hit by concerns over a strong yen, the key Japanese stock index fell 102.48 points, or 1.20 percent, to 8,440.25, finishing below the 8,500 mark for the first time since Jan. 17.

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Nikkei closes at 30-month low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Yaesu, central Tokyo, shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, Japan's key stock index, finishing down 186.13 points, or 2.17 percent, at 8,374.13 on Sept. 26, 2011, its lowest close since April 1, 2009.

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Nikkei ends at lowest level since April 2009

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Chuo Ward shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closing down 193.89 points, or 2.21 percent, at 8,590.57 on Sept. 6, 2011. The key Japanese stock index is currently at its lowest level since April 2009.

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Nikkei in free fall on nuclear worries

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the Nikkei Stock Average tumbling 1,232.71 points to 8,387.78 early in the afternoon on March 15, 2011, amid an escalating crisis at a nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 killer quake and tsunami. The key index nosedived 1,392.86 points, or over 14 percent, shortly afterward, closing at 8,605.15, down 1,015.34 points.

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Nikkei extends gains to 2-month high after BOJ easing steps

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index closing at 9,691.43, a two-month high, on Oct. 6, 2010, as market sentiment continued to brighten after the Bank of Japan announced monetary easing steps.

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Japan's Nikkei closes below 9,500

TOKYO, Japan - A board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index plunging more than 3 percent on May 25, 2010, to close at 9,459.89, or below 9,500 for the first time in nearly six months as a stronger yen and weak Asian stocks took their toll on already fragile investor sentiment amid eurozone woes.

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Japan stocks close at 5-month low on global economic worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board at Tokyo's Nihombashi district shows Japanese shares plunging May 21, 2010 with Japan's key Nikkei stock index tumbling more than 2 percent to end the day at a five-month closing low below the 9,800 mark. The market remained bearish amid investor concern that eurozone debt problems will hamper the global economy.

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Japan stocks continue to slide on eurozone fiscal woes

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district displays a graph showing a slide in stocks on May 20, 2010, amid jitters over the eurozone's fiscal plight. Japan's key Nikkei index briefly dipped below 10,000 for the first time in more than three months.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares tumble

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the benchmark Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping sharply in the morning session on May 7, 2010. The key index fell as investor sentiment worsened on continued fears about the Greece debt crisis.

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Tokyo shares fall sharply on mounting Greece debt worries

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows stock prices falling across global markets, including the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (top, center), on May 6, 2010. The Nikkei stock index fell more than 3 percent to a two-month closing low due to concern that Greece's debt problems could spill over to other European countries.

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Nikkei closes below 10,000 line for 1st time since Dec. 10

TOKYO, Japan - An electric board in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district shows the key Nikkei Stock Average at the Tokyo Stock Exchange dropping 105.27 points to close at 9,951.82, on Feb. 8, 2010. The index closed below the 10,000 line for the first time since Dec. 10.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Tokyo stocks fall on 2009 last trading day, Nikkei rises 19% on year

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese teenage golf star Ryo Ishikawa poses for photographers before ringing the bell during the annual closing ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2009. Tokyo stocks fell in the year's final session, but the key Nikkei index ended 2009 with a 19 percent rise, which followed a historic 42 percent plunge in 2008, and the yearly climb was the first for the benchmark since 2006.

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Nikkei falls below 10,000 to 3-week low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board in Tokyo's Nihonbashi district shows Japan's key Nikkei stock index falling below 10,000 on the morning of Oct. 29, 2009, for the first time in three weeks, hit by a stronger yen and sharp losses on Wall Street overnight.

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Nikkei briefly falls below 26-year closing low

TOKYO, Japan - An electronic board outside a brokerage in Tokyo shows Japan's key Nikkei index closing at 7,268.56 on Feb. 24. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average briefly dropped below a 26-year closing low during the day's session, as investors were rattled after the Dow Jones index closed Monday at its lowest level in almost 12 years amid fresh financial worries.

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Topix stock index at TSE hit 25-yearr low

TOKYO, Tokyo - An electric stock signboard at a securities company in Tokyo's Yaesu district shows the Topix stock index at the Tokyo Stocks Exchange closing at a new 25-year low of 739.53 on Feb. 20. The key 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average closed at 7,416.38, its lowest finish since Oct. 27.