A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian market focus on Wednesday turns to Chinese purchasing managers index figures, which will give the first insight into factory and service sector activity in the world's second largest economy in May. Japanese retail sales, South Korean retail sales, industrial output and service sector growth, as well as Australian CPI inflation and credit growth reports - all for April - will be released too, potentially giving these currencies a steer. The flurry of Asian economic indicators comes against the global backdrop of optimism that the tentative agreement ... (full story)