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Asian stock markets retreated as a deepening technology selloff weighed on sentiment, while Indonesian assets came under sharp pressure after a negative shift in the country’s credit outlook intensified investor concerns....

Asian stock markets fell sharply after a deepening technology sell-off on Wall Street, with South Korea’s Kospi plunging nearly 5% as global investors reassessed risk following weak signals from major U.S. tech firms....

Shares of major Japanese drugmakers fell sharply after President Donald Trump launched a U.S. drug discount website, heightening investor concerns over global pricing pressure and margin compression for pharmaceutical companies....

The Fed's upbeat economic assessment counters Trump's rate cut push, setting a complex political stage.

As of Jan. 30, 33% of S&P 500 (^GSPC) companies have reported fourth quarter results, according to FactSet data, and Wall Street analysts estimate an 11.9% increase in earnings per share for the fourth quarter.

On Thursday, Microsoft shares were hit by a rare downgrade from analysts at Stifel, who cut the stock to hold from buy with a warning about Azure growth.

Based on the company's benchmarks, Opus 4.6 tops a number of major benchmarks, beating out the likes of OpenAI's GPT-5.2 and Google's Gemini 3 Pro.

Weak job data fueled Treasury rallies and intensified Fed rate cut expectations, unsettling broader markets.

Malaysia's ringgit eyes further gains, underpinned by robust growth, strategic investments, and fiscal reforms.