Nikkei, Kospi to US stocks: Global equity heatmap you should know before the opening bell of the Indian stock market

Global markets today: Following a mixed bias in the US stock market, Asian markets opened lower on Thursday. The Japanese Nikkei 225 index is down over 1%, the South Korean KOSPI index crashed over 4%, while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng nosedived over 1.5%. The Wall Street ended on a mixed note overnight. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.49% to a record close, the S&P 500 slipped 0.17%, while the Nasdaq Composite declined about 0.83%.