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Asian equities are traded lower today as investors expecting many economic news for July.

The Wall Street Journal reported late Tuesday that senior US and Chinese officials will discuss the countries’ “phase one” trade deal on August 15, six months after the agreement was made.

US stocks equities began higher last week, as investors were mainly focused on earnings, however at the end of the week stocks closed narrowly.

Asian equities were mixed on today’s session as investors eyeing the progress of stimulus talks in Washington and reports of a plan to review the U.S.-China trade deal

Asian stocks rose yesterday after Wall Street closed broadly higher on encouraging economic reports, starting off August by closing within 3% of the record high it set in February.

Asian stocks were mixed with US equities, amid resurgence of coronavirus cases, along with the US-China tensions.

Asian equities followed US stocks after shares of Amazon, Apple and Facebook surged in Thursday’s trading session, amid earnings report,

Asian stocks rose along with US equities as Fed left unchanged its interest rate decision policy. Equities in Hong Kong, India and Australia showed an increase, while the gains in Tokyo decreased.

Asian equities strived for a clear direction on today’s trading session, as investors awaited the conclusion of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting later today.

Futures on equities in Australia and Hong Kong had moderate gains and were little changed in Japan.

US stocks market were going up for three consecutive weeks, however last week slid lower. Millionaire investors are more optimistic about US economic recovery, despite that coronavirus cases increased day by day.

US equities advanced higher at the beginning of last week amid investors optimism over a coronavirus treatment and all eyes turned to previous week’s news for companies’ earnings and Central Banks interest rate decisions.

Shares in Asia were mostly higher in Monday afternoon trade. Investors are waiting for further stimulus package from lawmakers, as the US Republicans have finalized a bill worth about $1 trillion.

Technology equities in mainland China are down today more than 2% following US tech stocks, amid increased tensions between Us-China.

Asian stocks were mixed today along with US and EU equities, amid concerns over fresh Sino-US tensions. Hong Kong’s index yesterday lost 2.25%, while Japan’s index Nikkei lost 0.58% and Shanghai index has gained 0.37%.

Mainland Chinese stocks rose, however Asia Pacific stocks are traded modestly today, losing some previous gains on this week, after a mixed US session on doubts over the timing of a fresh US stimulus package program.

Chinese equities rose today and were supported by strong gains in healthcare equities on rising hopes for a coronavirus vaccine.

Mainland Chinese stocks advanced higher today. Chinese one-year and five-year loan prime rate remain unchanged, according to Reuters as its economy resume rebounding, while Japan’s exports plunged 26.2% in June from a year earlier and that was a worse drop than expected

Asian equities were mixed today on indications of the fragile U.S. technology shares rally, alongside with concerns that the coronavirus will hamper the global economic recovery

Asian equities slipped back in Asia today after markets worldwide rallied on rising hopes for a coronavirus vaccine.