Indonesian Shares -3.8% Midday After Explosion In Jakarta
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JAKARTA (Dow Jones)--Indonesian shares are widening their losses at midday Thursday, following a massive explosion near the Australian Embassy, dealers said.
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Tokyo shares gained on a key corporate spending survey that boosted optimism Japanese growth figures would be revised upwards, but most other Asian stock markets were under pressure on Monday after a US tech sector sell off.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average ended higher for  the third straight session Tuesday amid a growing consensus  that Japanese shares would catch up with gains in overseas  stock markets despite recent poor news on the economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average ended higher for  the third straight session on Tuesday amid a growing consensus  that Japanese shares would catch up with gains in overseas  stock markets despite recent poor news on the economy.
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Several blasts were heard in Jakarta, capital of Indonesia, and two other towns nearby early Sunday, local TV reported. Metro TV reported residents heard the blasts around 7.30
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Tokyo's Nikkei average climbed for a  third straight day on Thursday, rising over one percent as a  rally in New York boosted tech issues such as Toshiba Corp and  Shin-Etsu Chemical
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.49 percent  by midday on Thursday as investors bought exporters such as  Toyota Motor Corp. after a fall in oil prices boosted  confidence over the U.S. economy and lifted Wall Street stocks.
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Witnesses reported seeing a falling object with a tail of fire careering toward earth close to Jakarta early Sunday, before a loud explosion was heard in several districts.
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A bright object with a tail of fire streaked across the sky, and then there was a loud explosion. Indonesia is on high alert after several foreign governments warned last week that Islamic militants may be planning attacks over Christmas.
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Gains in banks and exporters helped lift Tokyo's Nikkei average 0.84 percent by midday on Tuesday as a fall in crude oil prices and a rebound in U.S. stocks led buyers to pick up shares hit by the index's recent sharp losses.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was up 0.88  percent by mid-afternoon on Friday, bolstered by gains in  Nippon Steel Corp. and its rivals after firm Chinese growth  data eased concern over a slowdown in one of Japan's biggest  export markets.
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Stocks in Asia rose 3 percent on Friday as a U.S. tax stimulus package, reassuring jobs data and the prospect of another Federal Reserve rate cut eased fears the world's top economy will slide into recession.
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Asian stock markets close higher across the board Monday following gains on Wall Street, with key indexes hitting new record highs in Indonesia and Australia.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors pumped $4.8 billion into stock funds in August as the stock and bond markets rose amid slumping oil prices and easing inflation jitters.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average added 0.8 percent by midday on Thursday as tech issues got a lift from a rally on the Nasdaq, but gains were capped and trading choppy as high oil prices fueled concerns about the world economy.
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After-hours news can have a big effect on a stock's price the next morning.
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A huge explosion just outside the Australian embassy in Indonesia&#39;s capital has killed at least three people and injured many more.