US stocks close with back-to-back gains despite bank sell-off

US stocks close with back-to-back gains despite bank sell-off

Events: Pope Francis begins a three-day visit to Singapore. The two-day annual Belt and Road Summit opens in Hong Kong. The Stainless Steel World Asia exhibition opens at Singapore Expo. Ishka hosts an aviation finance investment forum in Tokyo.

Central banks: Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (economic) Sarah Hunter delivers the keynote speech at the Barrenjoey Economic Forum in Sydney. Reserve Bank of New Zealand assistant governor Karen Silk speaks about the August monetary policy statement at the KangaNews debt capital market conference in Auckland.

Economic indicators: New Zealand issues migration and visitor data for July. South Korea releases August jobless data.

Corporate updates: Japanese supermarket owner Kobe Bussan presents third-quarter results.