China plans to launch stock index futures and options based on the CSI1000 index, which tracks small caps listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen.
Toshiba shares rose 5.3% in Tokyo early on Thursday, outperforming a 0.8% rise in the benchmark Nikkei average
The country of 22 million people is struggling with its worst financial crisis in seven decades, unable to import essentials including food, fuel and medicines
Factory output grew at its slowest rate in three months, the au Jibun Bank flash Japan Manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) survey showed
China tech firms listed in Hong Kong rose as much as 2% on state support for the fintech industry before shedding gains
The exchange has leapt past the Nasdaq and NYSE thanks to new offerings from China Mobile and CNOOC after they were delisted in the US
Investors were in downbeat mood as worries over global growth overshadowed trade, while signs of fresh tech crackdowns in China hit Hong Kong
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.