An index of home prices rose 0.6% last month, according to the data, compared to a revised 0.4% gain in April. The index has climbed 3.6% so far this year, and is off just 0.8% from its all-time high hit in May 2019.
The sanctions target companies involved in Chinese surveillance technology used to "facilitate repression or serious human rights abuses", which "undermine the security or democratic values of the United States and our allies", the White House said.
Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul and Jakarta were also up, though there were small losses in Manila after a more than five percent surge Thursday.
Bitcoin was holding around $38,500 -- having almost fallen through $30,000 recently for the first time since January -- after Musk tweeted support for a group attempting to make the mining of the currency less environmentally damaging.
"The market is going through a 'sell first, ask questions later' phase ... investors think (authorities) want to use the big tech firms to monitor citizens," he said, adding, users may leave such platforms.
Biden offered Xi his "greetings and well wishes" to the Chinese people on the occasion of the Lunar New Year celebrations, the White House said in a statement.
The proposals from the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) are intended to clarify the roles played by investment banks handling capital market deals to improve transparency.
There have been numerous examples ... where there were sharp declines in post-IPO share prices amidst thin liquidity, which some market participants attribute to these types of behaviour.
The huge demand comes amid growing fears about an asset bubble, with amateur investors boosting the price of assets ranging from cryptocurrencies to new stock market listings.
As per Hong Kong's clawback rules, the retail portion of the IPO will now be enlarged to 6% due to the demand.