Asian stocks end mixed, KOSPI up 1.8% and Nifty 50 down 1.1%

Asian stocks ended mixed on Monday 19 October. The Nikkei 225 fell 0.6% to 64,917; the CSI 300 ended roughly flat to 4,174.53; the KOSPI rallied 1.8% to 5,768.01; the Nifty 50 lost 1.1% to 22,889; and the S&P/ASX 200 inched up 0.4% to 8,845.70.

Over the past five trading days, the Nifty 50 has been the strongest of the group (+2.4%) and the KOSPI the weakest (−9.7%). For the year to date, the Nikkei 225 is up 29.0%.

In currencies, the dollar against the yen inched up 0.3% at 158.52; the dollar against the offshore yuan ended roughly flat at 6.6814; the dollar against the rupee was little changed at 94.92. See the forex calls for our model's read.

Index levels and daily changes are in the table below; the full list is on the world indices page.