Japan's Nikkei 225 gained as much as 2.00% intraday.

IMF maintained its 2026 US growth forecast at 2.3% and raised its 2027 forecast to 2.2% from 2.1%.

The PBOC's MPC met for Q2 2026 and said authorities will prioritize high-quality growth and accelerate the new development pattern. The committee called for coordinating aggregate supply and demand, expanding domestic demand, optimizing supply, boosting net additions and reactivating existing assets, strengthening the domestic circulation and enhancing the domestic-international dual circulation to consolidate momentum for steady economic improvement.