Asian stocks ended mixed today. South Korea’s Kospi index ended 1.30 per cent higher. Japan’s Nikkei-225 also rose 0.80 per cent and Singapore’s Straits Times index soared 0.40 per cent. In contrast, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index declined 1.25 per cent and China’s Shanghai Composite index fell 0.20 per cent.  

European Markets were trading in the green today. London’s FTSE was trading 0.44 per cent up, France’s CAC and Germany’s DAX were trading 0.10 per cent higher when reports last came in.