Foreign investors net purchased $50.5bn of US Treasuries in April, up from $13.5bn previously.

South Korea's KOSPI hit an all-time high, rising nearly 1% intraday.

Goldman Sachs' head of China real estate and co‑head of Greater China equity research Wang Yi said in an interview she expects Shanghai and Shenzhen to bottom by year‑end, with combined house prices in the two cities rising about 15% from end‑2026 to end‑2028. She said demand is currently polarized: recovery is being driven by high‑end buyers and transactions in central districts for older, small units, while mid‑market demand remains under adjustment.