Taipei  - Taiwan's stocks ended 3.39 per cent lower Thursday on a sharp overnight fall on Wall Street, dealers said.

The Taiex weighted price index closed down 283.28 points at 8,062.31.

Hong Kong  - Hong Kong shares fell almost 2.5 per cent in morning trading Thursday following overnight losses on Wall Street driven by oil price rises and inflation fears.

The broad-based Nifty on Wednesday (June 11) closed after making a gain of 73.8 point

Tokyo - The Tokyo stock market los

Singapore - The Singapore Exchange (SGX) has amended rules to allow banks to be admitted as clearing members of its securities market starting next month, the SGX said on Wednesday.