Central banks were the key drivers of investor sentiment with optimism high the US Fed will ease back on its rate hikes and China poised to offer more stimulus

Japan’s benchmark snapped a winning run which had seen it reach 33-year highs while Hong Kong shares were lifted by policy support hopes

Tokyo’s benchmark reached another 33-year high but worries over China’s post-Covid bounceback dampened the mood elsewhere

Tokyo’s benchmark closed above the key psychological 33,000 level for the first time since July 1990 thanks to tech sector optimism

Investors across the region shied away from risk with central banks meeting this week and key economic figures from China and the US due out too

Japan’s benchmark fell its most in three months, trimming a blistering 15% surge over that period, while China stocks help steady

Investors were pulled in different directions on Wednesday with poor China data and global caution on one hand and Beijing policy support bets on the other

Tokyo’s benchmark closed at its highest level since July 1990 but China’s bourses stumbled over the economic outlook and tensions with the US

Japan’s benchmark index was buoyed again by its central bank’s continuing easy policy while China’s markets were lifted by new signs of recovery

The Washington deal which sees a default avoided boosted investor mood across the region, with tech shares leading the way in Hong Kong

Progress in Washington on critical debt ceiling talks lifted the mood in Asia but worries over China’s recovery still weighed despite upbeat factory numbers

Disappointing factory data out of China are another blow to the recovery hopes of the world’s manufacturing hub, dampening the mood on trading floors