Hong Kong’s Hang Seng surged more than 4% as investor optimism was boosted by Beijing’s moves to recoil some of its economically painful pandemic restrictions
The Chinese yuan fell to a more than two-week low on Monday as protests in China against Beijing's zero-Covid policies caused investors to back the US dollar.
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With new Covid lockdowns imposed in Beijing and Guangzhou, investors were in pessimistic mood about China’s economic prospects
Parts of Beijing and Guangzhou and other cities were in semi-lockdown on Monday in a bid to slow the minimize the spread of Covid-19 as cases rise in various areas.
Gloomy forecasts from US memory chip outfit Micron Technology overnight sent Asian indexes into retreat with tech firms leading the slide
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index tumbled 2.7%, with its tech stocks slipping more than 5%. Mainland Chinese shares also declined, with blue chips falling 1.2%.
Investor mood was buoyed by Biden and Xi’s positive meeting and signals that Beijing was easing back on its economically painful Covid curbs
While many cities have said they will scale back testing, China's Covid cases continued to rise on Tuesday, most notably in Guangzhou, where there is concern of possible lockdowns
The Hang Seng index fell 3.1% by the close of trading, while on the mainland, the bluechip CSI300 index was down 0.8%
Investors didn’t know which way to turn at the start of the week confused by contradicting speculation over the US Fed’s rate hike direction
The Japanese government said on Friday it will create an extra budget worth $200.8 billion to fund a package to help households and businesses cope with rising living costs.