Asian equity markets made a mixed closing on Thursday, as oil prices ended a brief overnight rally and Chinese shares slumped on fears of tighter liquidity and the cooling economy ahead of the G20 meeting in Shanghai on Friday and Saturday. Japanese shares ended higher, helped by an overnight bounce in oil prices and a weaker yen. Chinese shares ended lower, its worst loss in a month, despite China's central bank intensifying its liquidity operations and the chairman of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China saying there was no basis for continued depreciation of the yuan.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,741.25 | -187.65 | -6.41 |
| Hang Seng | 18,888.75 | -303.70 | -1.58 |
| Jakarta Composite | 4,658.32 | 0.60 | 0.01 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,658.16 | -6.01 | -0.36 |
| Nikkei 225 | 16,140.34 | 224.55 | 1.41 |
| Straits Times | 2,603.40 | -16.56 | -0.63 |
| KOSPI Composite | 1,918.57 | 6.04 | 0.32 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 8,365.86 | 83.00 | 1.00 |