TOKYO, June 24 (Reuters) - Japan's factory output probably fell in May for a second successive month due to supply chain disruptions caused by strict COVID-19 lockdowns in China, a Reuters poll showed on Friday.

SINGAPORE, June 24 (Reuters) - Oil prices traded sideways on Friday after briefly rising nearly $1 per barrel, as the market balanced fears of slower demand from cooling U.S. economic activity with supply uncertainty.

TOKYO, June 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar slipped against its major peers on Friday, on course for its first weekly decline this month as investors assess the path of Federal Reserve policy and whether aggressive rate hikes would trigger a recession.

SHANGHAI, June 22 (Reuters) - Retail car sales in China jumped 55% from June 13 to June 19 compared with the same period in May, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed.

BEIJING/HONG KONG, June 23 (Reuters) - Asian shares wobbled while commodity prices fell on Thursday as mounting worries about the risks of a global recession amid aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve kept broad investor sentiment fragile.

TOKYO/SINGAPORE, June 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices continued to pull back on Thursday, dropping more than 2% as investors recalibrated assessments of recession risks and fuel demand amid interest rate hikes in major economies.