Hang Seng heavyweight Meituan slumped 11% on consumer demand fears, sparking a dive in tech shares

Investor eyes are firmly fixed on US inflation data due out later in the week which will dictate the mood for the rest of the year

Investors across the region were on edge with US and European prices figures imminent while China’s industrial profits trailed off

Investors were short on cues on Friday, the day after holidays in the US and Japan, with many shying away from risk

Investors were in cautious mood on Thursday with all eyes on the US Fed and Beijing looking for news of rate cuts and support measures

Investors across the region were happy to sit on the sidelines ahead of national holidays in the US and Japan

Investor mood was mixed with bets on an end to central bank tightening failing to sustain an early session rally

Investor confidence remains brittle across the region with Tokyo hitting a 33-year peak before crumbling and falling into the red

Alibaba’s U-turn on its cloud unit spin-off plans knocked tech sector confidence while China’s ailing property sector also weighed on sentiment

China's new home prices fell for a fourth month as the critical sector’s woes continued to distract investors across the region

Asia’s major indexes largely advanced but China’s stuttering recovery and this week’s Xi-Biden meet saw many traders staying on the sidelines

US Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell admitted he wasn’t confident enough had been done yet to control inflation