 
 
							The Hang Seng posted its biggest weekly gain in 11 years as investors were buoyed by rumours China could reopen its economy next year
 
 
							Another interest rate hike in the US and warnings of more to come sent indexes across the region into the red
 
 
							Investors were distracted, second-guessing the US Fed’s rate hikes plan for the next couple of months, while China traders were banking on an easing of Covid curbs
 
 
							Investors across the region were banking on signs of a slowdown in the US Fed’s aggressive rate hikes policy
 
 
							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
 
 
							Chinese investors have been rattled by fears Beijing will choose ideology over the economy while traders in Japan were buoyed by positive earnings reports
 
 
							Hong Kong shares plummeted as investors fretted over China’s recovery prospects after Xi Jinping revealed his new leadership team
 
 
							Investors weren’t in a risk-taking mood on Friday with worries over a global downturn forcing bourses across the region intro retreat again
 
 
							Asian shares continued their slide with investors losing their risk appetite and bond yields rising in the face of increasing threats of recession
 
 
							Many of the region’s bourses tracked a Wall Street rally overnight but China’s markets slipped amid the CCP’s five-yearly summit
 
 
							Investors across the region were boosted after the UK scrapped its proposed tax cuts while China shares dipped amid confusion over the release of key data
 
 
							There were gains for bargain-buyers at the start of the trading week but most investors are preparing themselves for a global slowdown