Will India’s lofty manufacturing ambitions bear fruit?

Will India’s lofty manufacturing ambitions bear fruit?

High angle view of female workers showing printed garment to inspector at textile factory Triloks | E+ | Getty Images This report is from this week’s CNBC’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse and the big businesses behind its meteoric rise. Like what you see? … Read more

Asian chip-related stocks rally on renewed AI optimism

Asian chip-related stocks rally on renewed AI optimism

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during an event in Taipei, Taiwan, on Sunday, June 2, 2024.  Annabelle Chih | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asian chipmaking heavyweights extended Wall Street’s rally as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made bullish comments about the AI darling’s outlook. The founder of the artificial intelligence … Read more

U.S. presidential debate, South Korea unemployment

U.S. presidential debate, South Korea unemployment

The upscale shopping district of Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday, May 4, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Wednesday, despite gains on Wall Street ahead of the U.S. August consumer inflation report due Wednesday. Traders in Asia parsed key economic data from Japan and South Korea. South Korea reported … Read more

Asian chip stocks fall after Nvidia sell-off on Wall Street overnight

Asian chip stocks fall after Nvidia sell-off on Wall Street overnight

People walk past the logo of Samsung Electronics in Seoul on July 7, 2022. South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd turned in its best April-June profit since 2018 on Thursday, underpinned by strong sales of memory chips to server customers even as demand from inflation-hit smartphone makers cools. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty Images … Read more

Tech stocks in Asia fall amid broad declines in the region after Nvidia results

Tech stocks in Asia fall amid broad declines in the region after Nvidia results

Samsung Electronics’ fourth-generation high bandwidth memory or HBM3 chips have been cleared by Nvidia for use in its processors for the first time, three people briefed on the matter said. SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech and chip-related stocks in Asia fell on Thursday, after U.S. chip darling Nvidia reported its second-quarter results … Read more

Wall Street rebounds, earnings and inflation data on deck

Wall Street rebounds, earnings and inflation data on deck

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Asia’s best performing stock markets in H1 2024: Taiwan, Japan top list

Asia’s best performing stock markets in H1 2024: Taiwan, Japan top list

A screen displays stock figures at the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corp. headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, on Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Optimism in artificial intelligence drove up Taiwan’s stock market in the first of the 2024, making it the top performing market in Asia-Pacific so far this year. The Taiwan … Read more

Nvidia rally overnight lifts chip-related stocks in Asia on AI optimism

Nvidia rally overnight lifts chip-related stocks in Asia on AI optimism

A logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is seen during the TSMC global RnD Center opening ceremony in Hsinchu on July 28, 2023. (Photo by Amber Wang / AFP) Amber Wang | Afp | Getty Images Asia’s semiconductor and associated stocks rose on Wednesday after chipmaker Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, riding … Read more

Apple supplier Foxconn posts 9% fall in first-quarter revenue

Apple supplier Foxconn posts 9% fall in first-quarter revenue

Pictured here is a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou city on Sept. 4, 2021. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images Apple iPhone manufacturer Foxconn on Friday posted a dip of 9.6% in revenue for the first quarter of 2024, compared with the same period last year. The company, which trades as Hon Hai Precision … Read more

India wants to be a global chip powerhouse in 5 years, says IT minister

India wants to be a global chip powerhouse in 5 years, says IT minister

Workers assembles smartphones at Dixon Technologies factory in Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India wants to be among the world’s top five semiconductor producers in the next five years, said Ashwini Vaishnaw, minister of electronics and information technology, railways and communications.  The chip industry “is a … Read more