Stock market: Asia on the rise, Evergrande weighs on Chinese stock exchanges - Breaking news. Stock markets in Asia and the Pacific generally rose with the exception of the Chinese markets (Shanghai -0.92% and Shenzhen - 2.42%) which lost ground after the order of the High Court of Hong Kong on the liquidation of Ever grande.

Tomorrow preliminary GDP data for the fourth quarter of France, Germany, Italy and the Eurozone. All eyes will be on Eurozone inflation on Thursday.