Asian stocks ended mixed on Tuesday, with Japanese shares leading regional gains ahead of the October 31 lower house election, while fresh worries about China's property sector hit Hong Kong and mainland markets.
Chinese shares ended lower, with property developers coming under selling pressure after Modern Land missed a bond payment, adding to worries about wider effects of the debt crisis at behemoth China Evergrande Group.
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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.