Hungary has tweaked windfall taxes for key sectors of its economy, increasing the burden further on large retailers while cutting the extraordinary tax payable by drug producers.
As foreigners pile into Japan's steepest stock market rally in years, local investors have been furiously cashing out or even betting against what many see as the beginning of a long-overdue era of profitability and returns.
The head of South Korea's financial supervisory service said on Thursday it was difficult to say when or whether authorities would lift a ban on stock short-selling.
The Australian and New Zealand dollars were battered on Wednesday after soft manufacturing data reinforced concern of a sharp economic slowdown in China, while Australian short-term bond yields climbed after a hot inflation report.