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Data of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect shows that the southbound trade of mainland capital speeds up in recent period with red-chip stocks including Chinese financial stocks frequently bought.
Struggling to fill the hole in revenues left by the plunge in the oil price, investors from the world's major oil-producing countries were among the biggest sellers of South Korean and Japanese stocks over the past year.
Chinese stocks experienced a significant rally led by small-cap stocks on Thursday, recouping its morning loss.
U.S. stocks suffered big losses Wednesday, as investors were digesting the Federal Reserve's minutes and the latest development in Greek debt crisis.
Foreigners have sold South Korean stocks for two months in a row as the local currency's fall to the U.S. dollar fueled worries about foreign exchange losses, financial watchdog data showed Monday.
Tokyo stocks opened slightly lower early Tuesday morning on selling after a nearly 4-percent rally the previous day.
South Korean shares fell to the lowest in more than a week on Thursday as a private gauge of manufacturing activity in China, the country's largest trading partner, contracted to the three-month low.
Chinese stocks traded in the United States have been rebounding over the past several months, boosted by beneficial economic and policy environment. Analysts believe the China-based stocks will continue the upward trend, which may lead IPO of Chinese companies in the United States out of dark.
U.S. stocks pared all early losses to close higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a second high ever, as Warren Buffett's positive remarks on stocks outweighed concerns about the so-called sequester and a plunge in Chinese stocks as a result of harsh moves to constrain increasing house prices.