Japan’s surprise rate hike fuelled a banking and tech stocks rally while hope of more stimulus from Beijing boosted Hong Kong shares

BOJ decides to raise the overnight call rate to 0.25%. It also unveiled plans to halve monthly bond buying to 3 trillion yen ($19.6bn) by early 2026

The move in August will expand the Foreign Direct Product rule – to bar half a dozen fabs at China's most sophisticated chipmaking firms from receiving exports from many countries

The European Union has denied claims by China that its top diplomat Josep Borrell "attached great importance" to a Sino-Brazilian statement on ending the war in Ukraine

The South Korean tech giant says its new cutting-edge power pack charges in just nine minutes and boasts a 20-year lifespan

Chinese tech firms want to stockpile TSMC chips and are offering a big mark-up because of "uncertainties arising from the upcoming US presidential election and its impact on US-China relations"

Faster-than-expected second-quarter growth in the US lifted the mood on most trading floors though there was also a post-typhoon Taiwan drag

Gaemi affected almost 630,000 people in southeastern Fujian province, with almost half of that number having to be relocated

Share indexes across the region retreated as confidence in Big Tech’s fortunes waned off the back of some tame earnings posts

The Bank of Japan is still unsure whether to hike its interest rate next week, but keen to unveil its plan to halve bond buying, sources say

LG Energy Solution said they were discussing possible tie-ups with three Chinese suppliers, with battery plants in either Morocco, Finland or Indonesia

Trump’s vow to end the Biden government's 'EV mandate' raises risks for Korean and Japanese car and battery makers who have ploughed billions of dollars into investments in the US