Four out of five major Asian indices ended in negative territory today. Japan’s Nikkei shed over 0.8 percent, South Korea’s Kospi slipped over half percent, Singapore’s Straits Times index fell half percent, and China’s Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.12 percent.  Meanwhile, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index ended the session with marginal gain of 0.04 percent.
Major European Indices were trading in negative territory. France’s CAC 40 was trading half percent down, Germany’s DAX had shed over 0.4 percent, and London’s FTSE lost over 0.2 percent, when reports last came in.