Asian stocks are mixed after U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest comments on tariffs raised uncertainty in Chinese markets.

On an overall basis, global fund managers expect less than 5 per cent return from Asia ex-Japan stocks in the next one year, BofA Securities' survey findings suggest.

SLB helped lead the market after the provider oilfield services delivered bigger profit and revenues for the end of 2024 than analysts expected. It jumped 6.1% after it also raised its dividend by 3.6% and said it’s returning $2.3 billion to its investors by buying back its own stock.

U.S. stock indexes are drifting higher following a mostly encouraging batch of profit reports from big companies