March 6 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Maybe some of the recent exuberance was of the irrational variety. The selloff across risk assets on Tuesday will almost certainly put Asian markets on the defensive on Wednesday: Asian stocks had their worst day since January, the Nasdaq lost 1.7%, and bitcoin slumped 9% after briefly...

04:26 PM EST, 03/05/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes closed lower Tuesday, with technology falling 2.2% amid declines in shares of Apple ( AAPL ) , Tesla (TSLA) and other major players. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.7% to 15,939.6. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 fell 1% each to 38,585.2 and 5,078.7, respectively. Among...

Stocks opened in negative territory Tuesday and stayed there through the close. Another down day for mega-cap tech giant Apple (AAPL) created headwinds for the main indexes, as did anxiety ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's two-day congressional testimony and Friday's jobs report.   At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1% at 38,585, the S&P...

* TSX ends down 5.14 points at 21,525.93 * Tech falls 2.8%; Shopify ( SHOP ) hits a 2-month low * Materials group rises; gold posts record high * Energy gains 1% (Updates at market close) By Purvi Agarwal and Fergal Smith March 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main index ended lower on Tuesday as losses for the technology sector offset...