Major stock indexes in the Asia-Pacific region traded mixed on Thursday as investors digested the data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which showed the country's unemployment rate was 4.1% in February. Investors also assessed the People's Bank of China's decision to keep its benchmark interest rates unchanged.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 1.06% at 03:13 am CET and South Korea's Kospi grew by 0.46% at 3:14 am CET. On the Chinese mainland, the Shanghai Composite shrank by 0.30% and the Shenzhen Composite decreased by 0.25% at 3:15 am CET. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 jumped by 1.12% at 3:16 am CET.
Japan's Nikkei 225 was closed for the holidays.
The dollar traded 0.28% lower against the yen at 3:17 am CET, selling for 148.27200.
