Investors across the region were reluctant to take any risks on Good Friday ahead of the release of key US jobs figures later in the day

Downbeat jobs and services data from the US put investors across the region in a glum mood ahead of the Easter break

Investors were in nervous mood on Wednesday, unsettled by downbeat news about the US jobs market

Investors were in uncertain mood with Japan’s Nikkei heading upwards boosted by energy stocks while tech equities pulled Hon Kong’s Hang Seng down

Oil prices surged after Saudi Arabia and other OPEC+ producers announced a shock round of output cuts, lifting energy stocks

The region’s investors saw out the quarter in an upbeat mood with an air of calm returning after last week’s banking crisis threat

Tech stocks held on to their gains on Thursday, propping up indexes across the region, following Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s break-up plan

Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng powered ahead lifted by hopes China’s regulatory assault on its tech firms might be over

A deal to buy failed Silicon Valley Bank calmed nervous investors but doubts linger about brittleness in the banking sector

Worries over a potential banking crisis continued to haunt trading floors while superpower frictions weighed on sentiment too

Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng both suffered as nervous investors shunned riskier assets on Friday

The region’s investors didn’t know which way to turn on Thursday after the US Fed hinted at a softening on rate hikes but also stiffened its resolve on inflation