China Telecom Corp surged 34% on its Shanghai debut on Friday, defying a bearish market after raising $7.3 billion in the world's biggest stock listing so far this year.
Australia's Lake Resources said on Wednesday that the UK's export credit agency had expressed strong interest in covering 70% of the funding needed for the lithium developer's flagship Kachi project in Argentina.
China's central bank set its official yuan midpoint slightly higher on Thursday, lifting its value against the currencies of its major trading partners to a fresh 5-1/2-year high.