Asia-Pacific shares were multidirectional on Thursday as investors watched shares in developer China Evergrande Group in Hong Kong.
Evergrande shares fell 12.54 per cent, returning to trading on Thursday after a halt that lasted more than two weeks.
The debt-ridden firm announced in an exchange statement late Wednesday that a deal to sell a 50.1 per cent stake in its property services business to another property developer, Hopson, had fallen through .
Evergrande, which has already missed several coupon payments on its bonds, also warned that "there is no guarantee that the Group will be able to meet its financial obligations under the relevant financing documents and other contracts".
Shares in Evergrande Property Services Group, which also resumed trading on Thursday, fell 8.01%, while Hopson shares jumped 7.57%. The Hang Seng Properties index rose 2.02% to 31,488.41.
The broader Hang Seng index in Hong Kong fell 0.45% on the day to 26,017.53. Shares in mainland China closed mixed, with the Shanghai index up 0.22% to 3,594.78, while the Shenzhen component fell slightly to 14,444.86.
According to Thai ดาวน์โหลด Mt4 Exness, in Japan the Nikkei 225 led the fall among markets in the region, falling 1.87% to close at 28,708.58, while the Topix index fell 1.32% to 2,000.81. South Korea's Kospi trimmed 0.19% lower, closing at 3,007.33.
Australian stock indices were little changed as the S&P/ASX 200 closed mostly unchanged at 7,415.40.
The broadest index of Asia-Pacific equities outside Japan, the MSCI, fell 0.42%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average index rose 152.03 points to 35,609.34 overnight after hitting a record high earlier in the session. The S&P 500 rose 0.37% to 4,536.19, while the Nasdaq Composite lagged, falling slightly to 15,121.68.
Bitcoin declines from record high
Investors also watched bitcoin move after the cryptocurrency recently surpassed the $66,900 level and hit a new all-time high . It later cut some of those gains and last traded at $65,468.50 as of 4:16am ET on Thursday, according to Coin Metrics.
The US Dollar Index , which tracks the dollar against a basket of its peers, was 93.659 - still below the levels above 94 seen earlier this week.
The Japanese yen traded at 114.07 per dollar after strengthening above 114.4 against the US dollar yesterday. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7485, holding gains after climbing from below $0.744 earlier this week.
Oil prices declined in afternoon trading in Asia, with global Brent crude futures down 0.93% to $85.02 a barrel. US crude futures fell 0.68% to $82.85 a barrel.
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