Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday, with Chinese and Hong Kong markets underperforming on concerns over strict Covid lockdowns and waning confidence in China's property market.Overall gains were modest elsewhere ahead of the ECB meeting, where a rate hike is expected for the first time in more than a decade.Investors breathed a sigh of relief as natural gas started flowing through a major pipeli...
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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.