Softer US jobs numbers took the pressure off Treasury yields, giving investors across the region a breather and a chance to bargain hunt

US yields soared to 16-year highs, drawing in cash from stocks and into dollars across the region

Investors across the region were preoccupied with the likelihood of persistently high borrowing rates for some time to come

Tokyo’s benchmark surged in early trading before later slumping on a thin trading day with Hong Kong, Seoul and Mumbai all closed for a holiday

There was an air of caution on trading floors at the end of the week with Treasury yields, high interest rates and China’s woes all weighing on sentiment

Investors were downbeat as the odds lengthened on central banks easing back on interest rates any time soon while China’s property sector continued to struggle

Investors were buoyed by news of a possible turnaround on the horizon for China’s manufacturers but forecasts of higher interest rates for longer limited advances

China’s ailing real estate sector and fading hopes of central banks easing back on their rate hike campaigns any time soon weighed on sentiment

China’s economic woes, particularly its ailing property sector, and the gloomy prospect of high interest rates for some time to come weighed on investors

Investors were buoyed by China’s latest efforts to shock its economy back into life but a steadfast Bank of Japan piled pressure on the yen

The crippling debt crisis facing China’s real estate sector and worries over which direction the US Fed will go next preoccupied traders

Investors were in nervous mood ahead of a series of big policy meetings this week while worries on China’s ailing real estate sector continued to weigh