Key Asian stocks ended mixed today. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 2.44 percent and Singapore’s Straits Times index jumped 0.13 percent. On the other hand, South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.30 percent and Japan’s Nikkei-225 fell 0.10 percent. Whereas China’s Shanghai Composite index was closed on account of a holiday.
Major European markets were trading mixed today. London’s FTSE was trading 0.30 percent up and Germany’s DAX was slightly higher. On the other hand, France’s CAC was trading 0.77 percent lower when the reports last came in.