Chinese shares continued to rally on Monday, with the benchmark Shanghai index jumping more than 3 percent in the afternoon trading session to regain the 4,000-point psychological mark.
China's state asset regulator ordered the country's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) not to sell shares in their listed companies amid the "abnormal market volatility", joining the concerted efforts to stem massive sell-offs in the stock market.
Hong Kong stocks sank toward their steepest drop since 2011 amid speculation Chinese investors were shifting money out of the city’s market and as Greece’s rejection of austerity measures spurred equity declines across Asia.
Alibaba shares were little changed Wednesday, as a 180-day lockup period of the Chinese e- commerce giant's shares expired.
South Korean shares rose for five straight sessions Thursday as Samsung Electronics announced a plan to buy back shares worth 2.2 trillion won (about 2 billion U.S. dollars) in the previous day.
South Korean shares ended in negative territory Tuesday as investors are awaiting the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)'s meeting that will decide on its asset-purchasing program.
South Korean shares ended in negative territory on Tuesday due to lingering concerns over global economic slowdown.
South Korean shares started the first day of this week in negative territory Monday as investors reduced stock holdings on worries about third-quarter earnings especially for chemical companies.
South Korean shares posted the first rise this week on Wednesday as foreigners sold less local shares, but the rebound was limited on gloomy expectations for the third-quarter earnings result.
U.S. stocks closed higher after wavering between gains and losses Wednesday, boosted by tech shares.
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.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (ICBC), the country's largest lender by market value, said Saturday it plans to issue preferred stocks worth up to 80 billion yuan (about 13 billion U.S. dollars) to replenish its capital.
Chinese regulators' IPO guidance sparked stock speculation as the market saw shares of 10 new listings in the last two weeks double or triple within one week of their debut.
China's leading career platform Zhaopin Limited made its trading debut on the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, marking the ninth Chinese company to list shares in the U.S. market this year.
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank on Tuesday announced a plan to issue preference shares, the second company to do so since regulators gave the greenlight to the new type of funding.
Chinese shares closed lower on Monday as fluctuations in the financial markets of emerging economies dampened investor sentiment.
South Korean shares rose for five straight sessions on Monday as the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to reduce its bond purchases was accepted as signs that the world's largest economy started to recover.
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