Asian stocks lost except China's Shanghai Composite which gained 0.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei-225 declined 1.7 percent, Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.6 percent, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index lost 0.5 percent and South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.4 percent.
European Markets were also negative in intra-day trade. France's CAC-40 and London's FTSE-100 declined 0.7 percent each while Germany's DAX was down 0.6 percent, when reports last came in.
News On AIR | August 3, 2023 4:58 PM | Asian shares market end mixed