The Asian country’s Kia Corp was trading 5.25% lower, while Hyundai Motor fell 3.48% as of 10.53 a.m. local time (9.53 p.m. ET Wednesday).<\/p>\n
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Chinese and Hong Kong stocks fall in early trade<\/p>\n
Chinese and Hong Kong stocks started the day lower Thursday, following mixed trading in the other key Asia-Pacific markets.<\/p>\n
As of 9.39 a.m. local time (9.39 p.m. ET Wednesday), the Hang Seng Index<\/a>\u00a0fell 0.91%, while mainland’s\u00a0CSI 300<\/a>\u00a0was flat.<\/p>\n \u2014 Amala Balakrishner<\/p>\n Samsung Electronics shares rise nearly 2% after second-quarter profit misses expectations<\/p>\n Shares of Samsung Electronics<\/a> rose as much as 1.92% Thursday after its second-quarter operating profit missed expectations and came in at 4.7 trillion Korean won ($3.38 billion).<\/p>\n The South Korean memory chipmaker noted that it was hit by a slump in its chip business.<\/p>\n Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2014 Amala Balakrishner, Dylan Butts<\/p>\n Nissan shares surge nearly 5% following $530 million operating losses in first fiscal quarter <\/p>\n Shares of Nissan Motor<\/a> surged as much as 4.9% Thursday, reversing course from losses in its previous two sessions.<\/p>\n This comes as the Japanese automaker reported operating losses of 79,124 million yen<\/a> ($530.17 million) for its first fiscal quarter ended June, due to to lower sales volumes, adverse exchange rate movements and tariffs on its exports to the U.S. <\/p>\n Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Shares in Nissan<\/p>\n Asia-Pacific markets start the day mixed<\/p>\n Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Thursday.<\/p>\n Japan’s Nikkei 225<\/a> benchmark moved up 0.21% while the broader Topix index ticked up 0.28%, as of 8.10 a.m. Singapore time (8.10 p.m. ET Wednesday).<\/p>\n In South Korea, the\u00a0Kospi<\/a>\u00a0index fell 0.14% while the small-cap Kosdaq was flat.<\/p>\n Over in Australia, the\u00a0S&P\/ASX 200<\/a> benchmark fell 0.53%.<\/p>\n \u2014 Amala Balakrishner<\/p>\n Here are the opening calls for the day<\/p>\n Good morning from Singapore.<\/p>\n Investors will be keeping a close watch on South Korean markets after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a blanket tariff of 15% on the country’s exports<\/a> to the U.S. Japanese markets will also be watched keenly as the Bank of Japan is expected to stand pat on short-term interest rates at 0.5% at the close of its two-day policy meeting later in the day.<\/p>\n Japan’s benchmark\u00a0Nikkei 225<\/a>\u00a0was set to open higher, with the futures contract in Chicago at 40,855 while its counterpart in Osaka last traded at 40,730, against the index’s Wednesday close of 40,654.70.<\/p>\n Futures for Hong Kong’s\u00a0Hang Seng index<\/a>\u00a0stood at 24,934, pointing to a weaker open compared with the last close of 25,176.93.<\/p>\n![\"hide](\"https:\/\/static-redesign.cnbcfm.com\/dist\/a54b41835a8b60db28c2.svg\")
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