In Asian market three out of five indices today logged gains. Japan’s Nikkei-225 gained 1.77 percent, South Korea’s Kospi increased 0.83 percent and Singapore’s Straits Times index added 0.44 percent. Conversely, China’s Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.94 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 0.33 percent.

Two out of three major European Indices was trading in negative territory. France’s CAC 40 marginally up by 0.06 percent. On the other side, London’s FTSE-100 was trading down by 0.69 percent and Germany’s DAX slid 0.07 percent, when reports last came in.