Asia, Europe and U.S. Stock Markets Report - May 17, 2018.
ASIA cnbc.com Dollar, US bond yields, stocks and earnings in focus Cheang Ming Asian stocks closed narrowly mixed on Thursday as the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury stayed above 3 percent. Investors also kept an eye on the second round of U.S.-China trade talks. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.53 percent, or 121.14 points, to close at 22,838.37 in Tokyo, shrugging off weak core machinery orders — a leading indicator for capital expenditure — for the month of March. The broader Topix was higher by 0.45 percent, with its oil and insurance subindexes among the best-perf