All key Asian stocks ended lower on Friday (15th March 2024) except China’s Shanghai Composite which ended half a percent higher. South Korea’s Kospi plunged 1.95 percent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index declined 1.40 percent, Singapore’s Straits Times index slipped 0.40 percent. Japan’s Nikkei-225 also fell 0.25 percent.   

 

European markets were trading higher on Friday (15th March 2024) . France’s CAC 40 was trading 0.30 percent up, and Germany’s DAX was 0.26 percent higher and London’s FTSE was trading flat with marginal gain of 0.02 percent when reports last came in.