Santos shares plunged 9%, after Australia's gas producer had rejected a $10.8B takeover proposal from Harbour Energy late on Monday, holding up better than it had been expected.
On Wednesday, SoftBank Group stated it would sell its 20% stake in India's e-commerce company Flipkart to Walmart, the first public Vision Fund divestment.
The Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum said investor assets in the public sector surged 7.3% to $36.2T in 2017, boosted by the price of gold and equity market gains.
The Bank of Korea is likely to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 1.50% during its meeting on Thursday, a recent poll by Reuters showed on Wednesday.
According to Bloomberg, the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE Corp suffered losses of at least $3.1B due to the US imposing a ban on its American suppliers.
Shares weakened in the Asian session early on Wednesday in response to fading optimism about progress made on trade talks between the United States and China.
The government of Japan is expected to push back the timeframe for reaching a balanced budget in five years to fiscal 2025, but set a temporary target to assess progress in getting it in order.
The Chinese government stated that annual summits between central, eastern European countries and China were beneficial to the EU as a whole, repealing concern that Beijing sought to divide the continent.
Foxconn Industrial Internet, the subsidiary of the biggest contract manufacturer Foxconn, stated that it planned to raise $4.26 in what is likely to be the biggest China's initial public offering in nearly three years.
The US President Donald Trump stated that he is set to propose some new tax cuts before November, when Republicans seek to retain the control of the US Congress in medium term elections.
The scheduled meeting with the leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong Un may be delayed, the US President Donald Trump says.
Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia support the implementation of the United Nations roadmap in war-torn Libya, countries say.
The Spanish treasury on Tuesday placed around €1.95B of debt on the market at negative interest rates.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council approved 16 development projects worth $11.46B, the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says.
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, stated that he anticipated the country's economy to bounce back from this year's weak start, when it was affected by heavy snowstorms, keeping the higher interest rate prospect on the table.
The UK factory output dropped to the lowest level since 2016 in the three-month period to May, a survey indicated on Tuesday.
Russia, Turkey and Japan warned the United Stated about its tariffs on aluminium and steel potential retaliation up to $3.5B annually, the WTO stated.
The Finance Ministry of Russia stated that it would offer nearly $492M worth of OFZ bonds at two auctions on Wednesday.
Britain's oil major BP stated announced plans to cut 3% of jobs in production and exploration within a restructuring of the company's upstream business.
The US banks reported profit of $56B in the March quarter, up 27.5% from a year before, as institutions started to take an advantage of lower tax rate, the FDIC report showed.
The UK biggest retailer Tesco stated that it is likely to close Tesco Direct, the company's non-food website, as it was unable to make the loss-making business activity profitable.
On Tuesday, Micron Technology's shares gained 5%, becoming the most traded stock on the Wall Street, following its announcement on buying back up to $10B of its shares.
The venture capital fund of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance agreed to make five investments in the following four months in start-ups that total $50M, the fund's head stated on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the Bank of Spain stated that it views Catalonia as the main domestic risk to the country's economy amid instability over tensions between Madrid and Barcelona.