Traders were distracted by upcoming Bank of Japan, US Fed and ECB summits as soaring prices continue to hamper growth across the region

Investors were heartened by less pessimistic predictions on US interest rates and buoyed by Beijing’s intervention in China’s deepening property crisis

China's plummeting GDP and the US’s soaring inflation brought a pessimistic air to the region’s trading floors

US consumer prices leapt 9.1% year-on-year in June, increasing Asian investors’ worries about growth and more central bank rate hikes

Investors were in downbeat mood at the start of the week with China’s regulators targeting its tech giants again over undisclosed takeovers and mergers

The region’s markets saw a pullback in shares after Shinzo Abe’s shooting while fresh Covid outbreaks weighed on China stocks

Traders were in positive mood on Thursday with tech firms encouraged by Samsung’s results and receding fears of recession in the US

Traders across the region were in downbeat mood over slowing growth, surging inflation and impending rate hikes

Investors were buoyed by news the US may scrap some tariffs on Chinese goods but new Covid outbreaks in eastern China weighed on any gains

Investor sentiment remains muted due to widespread fears of a global economic slowdown though Tokyo and China still found gains

Fears over a worldwide economic slowdown dragged indexes across the region down with losses in Tokyo, Shanghai and Taipei

Mainland China stocks bucked the trend as easing Covid curbs boosted confidence but the region’s bourses are still set for half-yearly losses