Asian markets settled mostly lower on Thursday tracking Wall Street’s overnight fall following a poorly received US Treasury bond auction and with caution ahead of another US jobs report that might provide further evidence of weakness in the world’s largest economy. Japanese shares declined due to lingering concern over slowing US growth and recent market volatility, while the Bank of Japan’s Summary of Opinions contributed to early yen gains.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,869.90 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Hang Seng | 16,891.83 | 13.97 | 0.08 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,195.12 | -17.01 | -0.24 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,590.38 | -1.49 | -0.09 |
| Nikkei 225 | 34,831.15 | -258.47 | -0.74 |
| Straits Times | 3,261.83 | 12.11 | 0.37 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,556.73 | -11.68 | -0.46 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 20,870.10 | -425.18 | -2.04 |
