Asian stocks stuttered on Wednesday as a drop in oil prices dragged bond yields lower on hopes that the critical Strait of Hormuz could reopen, while investors braced for yet another make-or-break earnings report from AI bellwether Nvidia.
Iran said it had restarted talks with neighbor Oman to manage the Strait of Hormuz as it faces heightened economic pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump in the wider conflict.
India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday discussed steps to expand bilateral cooperation, maintain peace and stability along the border and advance work on boundary delimitation at a meeting in Beijing on Tuesday, the Indian Embassy in China said.