The Asian markets closed mostly in red on Thursday outside of Chinese stock markets, which moved higher despite a report showing a slowdown in the country's services growth. The Caixin services purchasing managers' index came in at 51.8 for April, down from 52.2 in March. While a jump in oil prices on concerns about production cuts in Canada's oil sands region offered some support, gains were tempered ahead of the all-important US jobs report due on Friday that could provide further clues on the state of the economy and help influence Fed's thinking on the timing of a rate hike. Markets in Japan, South Korea and Indonesia were closed Thursday for public holidays.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,997.84 | 6.57 | 0.22 |
| Hang Seng | 20,449.82 | -76.01 | -0.37 |
| Jakarta Composite | - | - | - |
| KLSE Composite | 1,645.09 | -12.49 | -0.75 |
| Nikkei 225 | - | - | - |
| Straits Times | 2,767.81 | -5.26 | -0.19 |
| KOSPI Composite | - | - | - |
| Taiwan Weighted | 8,167.96 | -17.51 | -0.21 |