The China stock market has finished lower in four straight sessions, retreating almost 75 points or 2.9 percent along the way. The Shanghai Composite Index now rests just beneath the 2,575-point plateau and it figures to hold steady in that range again on Wednesday.
The global forecast for the Asian markets is mixed and flat ahead of OPEC and G20 meetings later this week. The European markets were down and the U.S. bourses were up and the Asian markets figure to split the difference.
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May 22, 2026 14:46 ET Minutes of the latest Fed policy session was the highlight of the week along with survey data on the U.S. housing market. In Europe, survey data signaled the trends in the euro area private sector. Further, consumer price inflation data from the U.K. was in focus. In Asia, various economic indicators from China drew attention to the health of the economy.