Indices of the Asian stock market displayed a mixed pattern today. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index declined 1.1%, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index sank 1.3%, and South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.4%. Conversely, China’s Shanghai Composite Index increased by 0.1% and Singapore’s Straits Times Index increased by 1.1%.

Today’s trade was uneven for major European indices. Germany’s DAX increased by 0.6%, while London’s FTSE 100 was up more than 1.3%. At the time of the most recent data, the France CAC 40 had dropped by nearly 0.2%.