News of the Evergrande payment helped buoy markets in China, while Tokyo, Singapore, Wellington, Jakarta and Bangkok were also in positive territory.

New Beijing stock exchange has approved applications from 10 companies to list shares next week, two months after President Xi Jinping announced the bourse for small and medium-sized firms

Climb highlights easier direct access to Chinese markets rather than through financial instruments listed in New York and Hong Kong

The London-based bank says it is exceeding its China wealth management hiring targets and is ready to re-enter India’s private banking sector

Values of Asian equities dropped to a 17-month low at the end of October on concerns over China's weakening economy and pandemic related factors

Paytm's stock listing is expected to make it India's most valuable tech company with a valuation of about $20 billion.

US group's first exchange-traded funds tracking China's mega-cap index began trading on Monday. Armed with over $4 billion, they are set to rival the FTSE China A50.

Musk's shareholding in Tesla is about 170.5 million shares and offloading 10% would amount to close to $21 billion based on Friday's closing price

Chengdu-based biotech company is still to gain regulatory approval for its jab, which has been pre-ordered by global vaccine alliance GAVI

The group's shares plunged more than 15% on Thursday to an all-time low and the stock has fallen more than 70% this year

Shares in the Paris-based asset management group dropped 2.7% despite its quarterly profit beating estimates

CEO Robert Thomson attributes rise in company's first-quarter profits to the pay TV company and US unit Dow Jones