Asian stocks ended in red today except Japan’s Nikkei-225 which rose half a percent. Singapore’s Straits Times declined 1.45 percent and China’s Shanghai Composite index dropped one percent. South Korea’s Kospi fell 0.9 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index fell 0.2 percent.
In intra-day trade, all European markets were trading in green. London’s FTSE-100 gained 0.34 percent, Germany’s DAX rose 0.21 percent and France’s CAC-40 was trading 0.08 percent up when reports last came in.