Wall Street has suffered the longest losing streak for the S&P and Nasdaq Composite since the Global Financial Crisis in 2007-09

Asian markets had a mixed day on Friday with most markets down, bar India. Overall, equity investors experienced their worst month since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic

The China Aviation Lithium Battery Co plans to use the proceeds to build new battery production lines

About 10 officials from the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Ministry of Finance have arrived in Hong Kong to aid and monitor the audit inspection, sources say

Banks agreed $180.63bn in new yuan loans last month, up from July but below analysts' expectations, PBOC data revealed

China's top banks face narrowing margins as they’ve also been asked by Beijing to boost their lending to the country's struggling economy

Banks have started to dial back their exposure to the ailing sector with total real estate loans rising just 3.3% this year while overall lending rose 7.9%

Most Asian markets slipped on Wednesday as investor worries about monetary tightening were inflamed by strong US jobs data. But stocks in Korea edged up slightly

E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month

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