Global Financial News: Investors Maintain a Cautious Tone

Here is your round-up of the financial news from around the world.

Author:: Edward Hardy
Publish date:: Apr 5, 2017 5:20 AM EDT

Here is your round-up of the financial news from around the world:

1. Investors maintain a cautious tone ahead of this week's summit meeting between President Donald Trump of the United States and Xi Jinping of China.

2. China's benchmark CSI index rose 1.07%, with construction and energy shares leading gains, helping the reigon-wide MSCI Asia ex-Japan index marked 0.28% higher by 06:45 BST.

3. Japan's Nikkei 225 was also able to rally into the final minutes of trading and claw into the green despite a stronger yen

4. Overnight in Asia, stocks rose around the region as markets reopened following holiday observances and investors reacted positively to plans by the Chinese government to launch a so-called 'economic zone' in the province of Hebei.