Asian markets today ended mixed. Hong Kong's Hang Seng surged 1.1 percent, South Korea's Kospi climbed half a percent and Singapore's Straits Times index gained 0.4 percent.
     
On the other hand, China's Shanghai Composite and Japan's Nikkei-225, both declined 0.8 percent each.   
 
European Markets were positive in intra-day trade. London's FTSE-100 climbed 1.1 percent, Germany's DAX rose 0.7 percent and France's CAC-40 was up 0.7 percent.