Asian Markets Show Mixed Performance; Nikkei, Kospi, and Straits Times Fall, While Hang Seng and Shanghai Composite Surge

Major Asian indices displayed mixed trend today. Japan’s Nikkei shed over 0.8 percent, South Korea’s Kospi slipped over half percent, and Singapore’s Straits Times index fell 0.12 percent. Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index surged over 2.2 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite Index rose over one and half percent.  

Major European Indices were trading in negative territory. France’s CAC 40 was trading 1.4 percent down, Germany’s DAX had shed over half percent, and London’s FTSE was marginally down by 0.03 percent, when reports last came in.