Liz Evans, Asia-Pacific fund manager at Cavendish Asset Management, gives her views on what the Year of the Dragon has in store for equity investors.
The FTSE 100 jumped 1.5% this morning, reversing the losses of yesterday afternoon's session.
The mainland Chinese stockmarket suffered its worst decline in about a year on Friday, as talk of further imminent rate hikes spooked investors.
Optimism on the economic recovery led by US retail data from March led most Asian stocks to gain slightly on Friday.