Investors will be keeping an eye on the Japanese yen, which strengthened to a more than two-month high of 150.52 per U.S.

Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region tumbled Thursday, Feb. 20, as the Hong Kong and Japanese markets declined for the second session.

(Bloomberg) -- Surging demand for Hong Kong equities sapped ... chief Asia foreign-exchange and rates strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence. Investors’ stock purchases “could also cause ...