Evergrande's own shares dropped 8.2% on Thursday and have plunged more than 80% this year.
Japanese shares have been on a tear as hopes for fresh stimulus from a new Prime Minister saw the Nikkei surge 4.3% last week
Asian shares started the week with gains and the dollar was not far off two-week lows after US Fed Reserve Chairman Powell struck a more dovish tone than some investors expected in long-awaited speech
US stock futures were up 0.2%, suggesting some optimism after sentiment on Thursday was dented by a deadly attack in Afghanistan, and after Fed's hawkish policymakers urged an end to stimulus
Investors are mostly waiting for the Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium on Friday and what central bank chair Jerome Powell might say about U.S. tapering monetary stimulus
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.73%, snapping five successive sessions of decline
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan lost 0.35%, dragged down by Chinese blue chips, which fell 0.56% and Hong Kong down 0.46%
Japan reported relatively strong economic data for the previous quarter, before the government began tightening coronavirus restrictions as cases surged.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.35% in early trading
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.97% to its lowest level since December, having slid 2.45% the previous day.
Asian share markets were in a muted mood on Friday after a volatile week in which sentiment over global growth waxed and waned with every new headline on the Delta variant
sian share markets were in a mixed mood on Friday after a volatile week in which sentiment over global growth waxed and waned with every new headline on the Delta variant
Asian shares and US Treasury yields rose on Wednesday, clawing back some of the week's losses as investors reassessed economic worries
Asian shares headed lower on Friday as profit-taking in Taiwanese chip giant TSMC, despite record profits, weighed on other tech firms and broader risk sentiment
Asian shares headed for their best session in more than a fortnight on Tuesday after better than expected Chinese economic data and a rebound in China tech shares
Chinese technology stocks remain under the microscope on Tuesday after the Cyberspace Administration of China ordered an investigation into Didi Global Holdings just days after it listed on NYSE
Asian shares rose and a gauge of global equities hovered near record highs on Wednesday after rising consumer confidence in economic recovery boosted the Nasdaq index to its highest-ever closing level
MSCI's all country world index, which tracks shares across 50 countries, fell 0.32 points or 0.04%, as declines in Asian equities undercut new highs in European and US markets
Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday on concerns new coronavirus outbreaks in the region could undercut an economic recovery
Asian shares got the week off to a cautious start on Monday as a spike in coronavirus cases across Asia over the weekend hurt investor sentiment