HKEX filing: HSBC repurchased 327,200 shares on Sept 1 for HK$52.2 mln.

UEDA said he will consider upside inflation risks when deciding monetary policy, a comment that reinforced market expectations of a Bank of Japan rate hike at the meeting later this month. He declined to comment on strong market bets for a September increase but said recent economic data are consistent with the BOJ's prior outlook. U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's call this week for the BOJ to take appropriate policy action added to tightening bets; overnight index swaps show roughly a 99% probability of a September hike.

CHINA will hold talks with Egyptian President SISI at Cairo’s Solar Palace on the morning of Sept. 2 local time.