07-05-2025
Live News: Asian markets update; Clancourt's warning to Jack Chambers
Welcome to the Business Post's Live News section. We're here all day to keep you up to date on developments in business, tech and current affairs.
7.15 - Asian markets update
Major markets across Asia were largely trading in the green, with the exception of India following overnight conflict in the region and rising tensions with neighbouring Pakistan.
China's Shanghai Stock Exchange was up 0.34 per cent, Hong Kong's HSI up 0.31 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei traded flat. India's Sensex and Nifty were both down 0.05 per cent .
7.00 - Good morning
Happy Wednesday from the Business Post. Vish Gain here to keep you up to date on all the latest news as it happens.
Kick off your morning with Killian Woods' report on property management firm Clancourt's warning to Jack Chambers of the 'emerging competitive tax disadvantages' that have left 'domestic Irish property businesses at a significant disadvantage to their international counterparts and even to other Irish businesses'.