Global shares slipped in cautious trading Wednesday, shrugging off a rally on Wall Street led by technology companies and banks that erased most of the losses from the previous day's sell-off. France's CAC 40 dipped 1.9% in early trading to 6,450.56, while Germany's DAX dropped 2.1% to 14,869.63. Britain's FTSE 100 was down 1.6% at 6,964.13. The future for the Dow industrials fell 0.9% to 33,860.00. S&P 500 futures was 1.2% lower at 4,280.00. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 sank 1.1% to finish at 27,528.87 for its eighth straight session of losses. South Korea's Kospi dipped 1.8% to 2,908.31. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.6% to 7,206.50. Hong Kong's Hang Seng edged down 0.6% to 23,966.49. Trading was closed in Shanghai for the Chinese national holidays. Worries remain in Asia about ongoing coronavirus infections, although hopes are growing that economic activity will return closer to normal later this year, bouncing back from the deep downturn in 2020. On the risks front, China .
Stock market LIVE: All sectoral indices ended in the red with capital goods, IT, metal, pharma, auto, realty and PSU Bank indices falling in the 1-3 per cent range
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares dropped on Wednesday and U.S. benchmark yields rose to a three-and-a-half month top as investors stayed jittery about inflation with oil prices reaching new multi-year highs.
Stock market LIVE: On the sectoral front, barring Nifty Realty, Pharma, PSU Bank, all indices trade in the green
The Sensex ended the session at 59,299, a gain of 533 points or 0.9 per cent
Stock market LIVE: Sectorally, all the indices were in the green, led by the Nifty Realty index (up 3.5 per cent)
Stock market LIVE: Broader markets end mixed; BSE Midcap falls 0.11 per cent and Smallcap index rises 0.48 per cent
Stock Market LIVE: The HDFC twins and Bajaj Finance are the major contributors for the Sensex 30, while Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Asian Paints and Infosys are the key draggers
Stock Market LIVE: The broader indices, too, turned positive and gained up to 0.8 per cent
Negative global market cues and profit taking pushed both Sensex and Nifty lower for the first time in four days
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was just slightly higher by mid-afternoon after trading in the red following a mixed session on Wall Street.
Stock market Live: The Nifty Realty rose nearly 3 per cent, while Nifty IT was up 1.6 per cent
As Hong Kong markets came off a holiday, Evergrande's shares surged 30% to mark their best day.
Evergrande's shares surged 23% on Thursday after a unit said on Wednesday, when the Hong Kong market was closed for a holiday, that it had "resolved" a coupon payment on an onshore bond.
Singapore-traded FTSE China futures are about 2% below Friday's closing level. Safe-haven assets such as the yen and U.S. Treasuries rose slightly in morning trade.
By Tom Westbrook and Anushka Trivedi
Asian markets were jittery in volumes thinned by public holidays in China, Taiwan and South Korea
European shares also looked set to rise on opening with pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures up 0.61% and FTSE futures 0.41% higher.
Evergrande's own shares dropped 8.2% on Thursday and have plunged more than 80% this year.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.82%, extending earlier losses after the release of the Chinese data