London has recaptured its crown as Europe’s largest stock market from Paris, lifted by surging crude oil prices.

The Swedish pension group caught up in the fallout of Silicon Valley Bank this spring saw the return on its investments bounce back from last year’s losses.

Two presidential candidates registered their bids for Indonesia’s elections in four months, officially kicking off the race for the nation’s top office.

Oil traded in a narrow range as the US eased crude sanctions against Venezuela, potentially aiding global supply, while traders tracked tensions in the Middle East that may ignite a region-wide conflagration.

Foreign investors are returning to Thailand’s bonds after a rout drove yields to the highest in nine years.

The Philippines is pushing to bolster defense ties with the US and Japan amid the Southeast Asian nation’s lingering territorial dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea.

Australia’s central bank does not need a “revolution,” opposition Treasury Spokesman Angus Taylor said, as the government prepares legislation to underpin an overhaul of the institution.