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Asia Markets: Asian markets mixed after tech selloff on Wall Street

Japan's Nikkei 225 JP:NIK gained 0.9% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index HK:HSI slipped 0.1%. Read More...

Asian markets were mixed Thursday, after tech stocks sold off on Wall Street.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 NIK, +1.14% gained 0.9% while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index HSI, -0.06% slipped 0.1%. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, -0.09% was flat. South Korea’s Kospi 180721, +0.25% edged 0.2% higher, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 XJO, +0.17% inched up 0.1%. Stocks dipped in Indonesia JAKIDX, -0.94% but advanced slightly in Singapore STI, +0.36% and Taiwan Y9999, +0.17%.

U.S. stocks closed lower Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average  DJIA, -0.01%  closed 3 points lower at 32,420.06, after tumbling roughly 370 points from the session high. The S&P 500 index  SPX, -0.55% fell 21.38 points, or 0.6%, ending at 3,889.14. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite  COMP, -2.01% shed 265.81 points to finish at 12,961.89, a decline of 2%.

In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude  CLK21, -2.32%  retreated to $60.09 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after rallying 6% Wednesday on news a giant container ship was stuck in the Suez Canal, backing up shipping traffic, including oil and gas shipments.

Brent crude  BRNK21, -2.11%,  the global standard, fell to $63.46 per barrel in London after a similar 6% rally Wednesday.

The dollar  USDJPY, +0.22% rose to 108.91 yen.

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