All key Asian stocks ended with gains today. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.16 percent, China’s Shanghai Composite index jumped 0.80 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index soared 0.54 percent. Singapore’s Straits Times index also ended higher with 0.06 percent gains. 

Major European markets were trading mixed today. London’s FTSE was 0.56 percent up, France’s CAC was 0.37 percent higher when reports last came in. On the other hand, Germany’s DAX was trading marginally lower.