Japan’s market was in turmoil with bets the Bank of Japan was finally ready to hike rates and a rising yen piling the pressure on equities

Investors were playing the waiting game on Thursday, ahead of key jobs data out of the States and looking for signals from the US Fed on rates

Rate-sensitive tech firms led the advances across the region with investors confident the US Fed’s next move will be a cut

Investors were in cautious mood on Tuesday, shunning risk as China’s struggles distract and the wait for a turnaround in interest rates continues

Chinese indexes saw double digit falls in the number of IPOs, compared to last year, amid geopolitical tensions with the West and increasing scrutiny from Beijing regulators

Investors across the region were low on optimism on Monday with China’s struggling recovery and the Fed’s next step on interest rates preoccupying

Investors across the region shied away from risk on Friday as the wait for concrete news on US interest rates continued

Stock indexes across the region were set for their best month since January with rising optimism the US Fed was done with tightening

Hang Seng heavyweight Meituan slumped 11% on consumer demand fears, sparking a dive in tech shares

Investor eyes are firmly fixed on US inflation data due out later in the week which will dictate the mood for the rest of the year

Investors across the region were on edge with US and European prices figures imminent while China’s industrial profits trailed off

Investors were short on cues on Friday, the day after holidays in the US and Japan, with many shying away from risk