Asian markets ended mostly lower on Wednesday with South Korean market suffering heavy losses due to a major selloff among semiconductor and technology shares. Additionally, looming Middle East geopolitical tensions, higher crude oil prices, and rising bond yields dulled investor sentiments. Japan's Nikkei plunged amid domestic debt crisis, disappointing economic data, and structural changes in currency-inflation interact. Meanwhile, the benchmark 10-year JGB yield surged toward 2.95%, hitting its highest level since September 1996.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,894.422 | -95.88 | -2.4 |
| Hang Seng | 25,495.07 | 23.92 | 0.09 |
| Jakarta Composite | 6,394.12 | -55.71 | -0.87 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,731.32 | -2.04 | -0.12 |
| Nikkei 225 | 65,326.42 | -2,134.31 | -3.16 |
| Straits Times | 5,694.24 | -7.16 | -0.13 |
| KOSPI Composite | 6,471.17 | -398.66 | -5.8 |
| Taiwan Weighted | 44,719.35 | -589.33 | -1.3 |
