China stocks slipped again on Tuesday amid concern about Covid restrictions, but markets in Japan, Australia and India all climbed higher. Eyes are now on US data on Friday.

Asian shares fell across the board on Monday as thoughts of more US and EU rate hikes stirred fears of a global recession and shot the dollar sharply higher

US regulators were cautious about the deal signed with China on Friday, which will allow initial audits of US-listed Chinese firms in Hong Kong from mid-September

Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

This was the largest share listing in Hong Kong this year and raised $2.1 billion for China Tourism, which is a major duty-free network operator in mainland China

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index posted its biggest jump in nearly four months in a shortened trading session on Thursday, while China shares also rose. Markets elsewhere were mixed

Shanghai Exchange said trading in 67 funds was halted on Thursday at the request of asset managers, as the southbound leg of their Stock Connect schemes was interrupted

Markets fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai amid the bleak economic outlook in China, but shares edged up in Australia and India

Asian markets slid lower on Tuesday amid expectations of a further rate hike in the US, the slowdown in China, but financial stocks helped to pull India's Nifty 50 to a positive level

Shares slide on most Asian markets on Monday, as the dollar climbed, but shares rose in China after cuts in its benchmark lending rates

Asian stocks fell in China, Japan, South Korea and India, but rose in Australia. 

Nomura lowered its China economic growth forecast, citing dismal July activity data, the lingering impact of the pandemic, and the worst heatwave in six decades.