MonotaRO, the Japanese business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform, was the largest detractor during the quarter. Read more here.

Kazakhstan holds the world’s largest supply of uranium, accounting for about 40% of global supply, and Kazatomprom is the country’s largest uranium producer.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.2% higher at 726.98, hovering near the 4-1/2-year high it touched last week. The index is up more than 27% this year, on course for its ...