Asian equity markets ended in deep red on Thursday after China again guided the yuan sharply lower while Shanghai shares tanked more than 7 percent within the first 30 minutes of trading and triggered a stock market circuit breaker for the second time this week. Trading on mainland Chinese markets was suspended for the rest of the day. In light of the early shutdown , Chinese securities regulator issued new rules that restrict share sales by listed companies' major shareholders. Large shareholders who want to sell stakes of more than 1 percent in listed companies have to disclose their plans to the exchanges 15 trading sessions in advance. Adding to the woe was weak oil prices, which declined to 12-year lows in Asian trading hours. Japanese stocks tumbled for a fourth day as a faster-than-expected weakening of the yuan and heightened geopolitical tensions lifted the safe-haven yen to a level last seen in late August.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,125.00 | -236.84 | -7.04 |
| Hang Seng | 20,333.34 | -647.47 | -3.09 |
| Jakarta Composite | 4,530.45 | -78.53 | -1.70 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,655.13 | -12.84 | -0.77 |
| Nikkei 225 | 17,767.34 | -423.98 | -2.33 |
| Straits Times | 2,729.91 | -74.36 | -2.65 |
| KOSPI Composite | 1,904.33 | -21.10 | -1.10 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 7,852.06 | -138.33 | -1.73 |