Oil prices extended a surge on Wednesday as the Middle East crisis burst back into the spotlight with US forces launching fresh strikes on Iran after an attack on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Asian share markets eased on Monday as caution took hold ahead of a crucial earnings season for the artificial intelligence sector, while the potential for increased supply weighed on oil prices and promised relief from inflationary pressures.

Soon after disembarking at Hong Kong's train station, Chinese private investor Feng was opening a stock trading account at a nearby brokerage, hoping to evade tighter restrictions on capital leaving the country.

Asian stocks rose Friday as tech firms enjoyed a much-needed reprieve from the heavy selling of recent weeks, with a big miss on US jobs creation soothing worries over a Federal Reserve interest rate hike.

Asian shares skidded on Thursday as investors rotated out of chipmakers following a stellar quarter, while currency and bond markets braced for US jobs data that could gives hints about the risk of interest rate hikes.

Foreign demand for Indonesian sovereign bonds has improved thanks to recent interest rate hikes from Bank Indonesia (BI), while the stock market is still in the doldrums.

The yen slumped to levels not seen since 1986 on Tuesday, stoking worries that direct intervention from Tokyo was around the corner, while the dollar backed away from 13-month highs ahead of jobs data that could influence the US rate outlook.

Asian stocks wobbled toward the end of a sparkling quarter on Tuesday, while a resurgent dollar pushed the yen to a four-decade low and was headed for a fourth straight quarterly rise.

Asian stocks wobbled on Monday after Iran and the United States agreed to halt renewed hostilities that had cast a shadow over an interim peace deal and kept oil prices supported, while the dollar stood tall near a one-year high on rate-hike bets.

An attack on a ship Thursday in the Strait of Hormuz led the UN to suspend efforts to evacuate trapped mariners as the United States warned against Iran charging fees for passage through the vital waterway.

Asian equities surged on Thursday after strong earnings and forecasts from chip giants Micron and Qualcomm helped alleviate some concerns over the red-hot AI rally that has pushed global stocks to record highs.

Stock market volatility continued after a broad selloff of technology and semiconductor sectors dragged global shares lower, sparking safe-haven demand for the dollar and bonds.

While acknowledging transparency reforms, the global index provider still flags concerns about consistency in policy implementation and impact. 

Asian stocks were wobbly on Wednesday, a day after a global selloff in technology and semiconductor shares, with analysts cautioning about the risk of renewed volatility.

Japan's finance minister said Tuesday that Tokyo was ready to take "resolute measures" as the yen came within a whisker of its 40-year low against the dollar.

Traders remain in buoyant mood after news that the two foes had paused their conflict, which had sent energy costs soaring and stoking inflation, sending shivers through the global economy.

The dollar was firm on Monday as uncertainty clouded a tentative US-Iran peace deal following threats from President Donald Trump to restart the war in the Middle East and Tehran's announcement it had closed the Strait of Hormuz.

The yen was pinned near four-decade lows on Friday, with markets on heightened intervention watch as neither a US-Iran peace deal nor a rate hike in Japan managed to arrest its prolonged slide.

Oil tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and the United States said it lifted its blockade on Iran on Thursday as an interim deal to end the war took effect, though key issues are still unresolved between the two countries.

The disruptions come as Southeast Asian economies that typically buy Indonesian coal are cranking up their coal-fired power capacity.

Oil prices edged up in early exchanges, a day after plunging more than five percent on optimism for a lasting agreement between the two countries after more than three months of conflict that rattled energy markets and revived inflation.

A senior US official said the US will waive sanctions on Iranian oil, under the deal to end the war, raising the prospect of millions of additional barrels of supply.

Despite Monday’s turnaround, foreign investors still recorded a net sell of $5.98 million in IDX, adding up to the year-to-date net sell register of $3.8 billion.

Shippers in Asia and Europe said rebuilding confidence in resuming transit through the Strait of Hormuz could take weeks.

Pakistan said the United States and Iran agreed to a peace deal and an "immediate and permanent" end to military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon.

The IDX stated that there are 12 companies waiting in the IPO queue to list on the bourse this year.  

The demand allowed Danantara Investment Management to tighten final price guidance to 5.35 percent for the five-year notes and 5.95 percent for the 10-year notes, according to a separate updated term sheet seen by Reuters.