Key Asian stocks ended mixed today. Japan’s Nikkei-225 gained 1.23 percent, Singapore’s Straits Times index jumped 0.32 percent, South Korea’s Kospi rose 0.17 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index soared 0.09 percent. Whereas China’s Shanghai Composite index fell 0.26 percent.

Major European markets were trading mixed today. London’s FTSE was 0.49 percent up. On the other hand, Germany’s DAX was 0.34 lower and France’s CAC was 0.10 percent lower when reports last came in.