Increased hopes that the US will dodge a recession and shortening odds on a Fed rate cut soon encouraged risk-taking
 
							Government wants a 700-billion-yen valuation for the subway operator for an IPO that could occur in coming months
 
							Funds have been dumping industrials and buying energy stocks, amid expectation the oil and gas sector will boom if Trump wins the US election, Goldman Sachs says
 
							Korean artificial-intelligence chipmaker Rebellions has signed an agreement to merge with Sapeon Korea in a bid to challenge Nvidia and other chip giants
 
							A wave of positivity over the US economy and possible rate cuts lifted equities across the region but also fired Japan’s currency higher
 
							Economists say major intervention is needed if the country is to meet its 5% growth goal this year as speculation rises that Beijing will do more to boost consumption
 
							Current unilateral curbs were benefitting foreign rivals at the expense of US businesses, California Democrats said in a letter this week
 
							Central bank chief says risks from local government debt crises have been reduced, but foreign analysts say the LGFV crisis is far from over and the country's outlook is still uncertain
 
							Moves by the People's Bank of China have stalled a long, frenzied rally and caused prices to drop and a fall in turnover
 
							Tokyo’s benchmark has seen its best week in more than four years while Hong Kong stocks followed in Wall Street’s wake
 
							37-year-old political novice will be Thailand's second female PM and the third Shinawatra to take the top job after her aunt Yingluck and father, the country's most influential and polarising politician
 
							China’s decision to restrict exports of antimony from mid-September could push the metal's price to $30,000 a ton, traders say