The Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell zero.3pc to 17,349.36 and the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.2pc at three,022.90. Asian shares had been principally decrease on Monday ahead of a Federal Reserve choice this week on interest rates. It said that GDP development forecasts had improved “for most of our main markets during the third quarter, following better-than-expected progress in the first half of 2023”. The pensions charge emerged in accounts filed at Companies House final week, showing income slumped 47% to just beneath £81m, regardless of only a 1.4% fall in sales final 12 months as consumers returned to …

The Hang Seng in Hong Kong fell zero.3pc to 17,349.36 and the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.2pc at three,022.90. Asian shares had been principally decrease on Monday ahead of a Federal Reserve choice this week on interest rates. It said that GDP development forecasts had improved “for most of our main markets during the third quarter, following better-than-expected progress in the first half of 2023”. The pensions charge emerged in accounts filed at Companies House final week, showing income slumped 47% to just beneath £81m, regardless of only a 1.4% fall in sales final 12 months as consumers returned to …