Foreign investors turned net buyers of Indian equities as slowing Covid-19 cases boosted hopes of a faster economic recovery, while other Asian equities faced outflows ahead of the US election
Stock benchmarks fell in Hong Kong, Sydney and Seoul. Tokyo was flat. Shanghai recovered from early losses to edge higher
Of 30 constituents, 20 declined and 10 advanced. Mahindra & Mahindra ended as the top loser on the index while telecom major Bharti Airtel was the biggest gainer
Today, a total of 12 companies including Cipla, Aaarti Drugs, and M&M Finance are scheduled to announce their results
A total of 13 companies, including SBI Cards and Shree Cements, are scheduled to announce their March quarter results today
The Shanghai Composite gained 1.2 per cent, while the blue-chip CSI300 rebounded 2.5 per cent, one day after a nearly 8 per cent slide on Monday
The data pushed blue chip shares in China down 0.41 per cent, which, in turn, drove an index of Asian stocks outside of Japan 0.23 per cent lower
ECB President Mario Draghi said the economy was in "a period of continued weakness and pervasive uncertainty" as he pushed out a planned rate hike and instead offered banks a new round of cheap loans
With every single market in the red, Asia's benchmark MSCI Asia Pacific Index has erased November's 2.7 per cent climb and is heading to its lowest level since end-October
Just like that, the region's equity benchmark erased weekly gains and posted its sixth slide in seven weeks
Slump comes after 3 percent S&P 500 drop on earnings worries
Asian investors are assessing increasingly attractive valuations against a backdrop of deepening US-China tensions
The outlook is no better in China, where the Morgan Stanley strategists now forecast the CSI 300 Index to fall into a bear market that will last for the next year
Headlines about N Korea's test have triggered a profit-taking opportunity since the Nikkei had risen sharply recently
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5%, after earlier hitting its lowest level since Sept 19
Japan's Nikkei lost 0.2 per cent, while South Korea's KOSPI dropped 0.8 percent and Australia fell 1.4 per cent
Shanghai outperformed, rising over 1% as energy and raw material stocks jumped
China's CSI 300 was little changed, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index climbed 0.6 per cent
With Donald Trump's criticism of Mexican migration and trade putting the US's southern neighbour at a disadvantage if he wins
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 1 per cent, touching its lowest since September 19