Asian stocks ended mixed on Wednesday after a private survey showed Chinese factory activity shrank less sharply than expected in May.The Caixin/Markit manufacturing PMI rose to 48.1 in May from a 26-month low of 46.0 in the previous month.Manufacturing expansion slowed in Australia and Japan's manufacturing activity grew at the weakest pace in three months, underlining investor worries over an ec...
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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.