Asian markets settled mostly down on Thursday tracking Wall Street’s overnight fall, while technology heavyweights faced selling pressure following Nvidia's underwhelming earnings result. Meanwhile investors are cautious ahead the release of a key US inflation reading on Friday that might impact future interest rate decisions. Chinese shares dropped after UBS Investment Bank cut its 2024 GDP growth forecast for China to 4.6% from 4.9%, citing a deeper-than-expected property market downturn.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 2,823.11 | -14.32 | -0.51 |
| Hang Seng | 17,786.32 | 93.87 | 0.53 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,627.60 | -31.28 | -0.41 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,653.55 | -21.69 | -1.29 |
| Nikkei 225 | 38,362.53 | -9.23 | -0.02 |
| Straits Times | 3,404.47 | 13.44 | 0.39 |
| KOSPI Composite | 2,662.28 | -27.55 | -1.03 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 22,201.85 | -168.81 | -0.76 |
