Asian Stocks Mixed; South Korea’s Kospi Up 2.11%, Japan’s Nikkei-225 Down 1.66%
Key Asian stocks ended mixed today except South Korea’s Kospi, which gained 2.11 per cent. Japan’s Nikkei-225 declined 1.66 per cent, Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 1.09 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index slipped 0.90 per cent and China’s Shanghai Composite cracked by 0.62 per cent. Major European markets were trading higher today.