Key Asian stocks ended mixed on Thursday. Japan’s Nikkei-225 plunged 2.21 percent, South Korea’s Kospi slipped 1.79 percent and Singapore’s Straits Times index fell 0.22 percent. Whereas Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index jumped 0.48 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite index rose 0.26 percent.

European markets were also trading mixed today. London’s FTSE gained 0.63 percent. While Germany’s DAX fell 0.56 percent and France’s CAC slipped 0.48 percent when reports last came in.