Nikkei 225, Kospi, Nifty 50

Atlantide Phototravel | Corbis Documentary | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded higher, tracking Wall Street gains overnight. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.41% after hitting a fresh record high on Thursday, while the Topix added 0.61%. South Korea’s Kospi climbed 0.83%, and the small-cap Kosdaq jumped 0.65%. Australia’s benchmark S&P/ASX 200 added 0.41%. Futures for…

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Winklevoss-founded crypto exchange Gemini prices IPO

Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Gemini Space Station, the crypto company founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, priced its…

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Jim Cramer reflects on 30 years of ‘Squawk Box’

As CNBC’s “Squawk Box” celebrates its 30th anniversary, Jim Cramer reminisced about the mood on Wall Street back then. He said more investors at that time were excited about individual stocks and optimistic about making money in the market, but he suggested that attitude is returning to today’s landscape. “Those early days of Squawk Box…

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PPI inflation August 2025:

Wholesale prices surprisingly fell slightly in August, providing breathing room for the Federal Reserve to approve an interest rate cut at its meeting this month, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report Wednesday. The producer price index, which measures input costs across a broad array of goods and services, fell 0.1% for the month,…

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