• Stocks in Europe hovered around the flatline on Thursday morning — the last trading day this week for most European markets ahead of the Easter break.
The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 0.15 percent higher with most sectors trading in positive territory. Autos were the top gainers, driven higher by Renault. The car maker's shares were up by nearly 8 percent following a media report that the company could merge with Nissan.
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• Asian stocks sagged on Thursday after Wall Street slumped on an extended sell-off in tech firms, while the dollar dipped as it lost some momentum after surging to a one-week high.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was percent lower after swerving in and out of negative territory.0.1
• Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Thursday, helped by gains in domestic-demand stocks, but Takeda Pharmaceutical stumbled after it said it was considering a bid for London-listed Shire that could top billion.$40
The Nikkei ended percent higher at ,Retail and food stocks gained ground, although tech shares came under pressure as they tracked a weakness in their Wall Street counterparts.0.6 21159.08.
• China stocks reversed losses from earlier in the session to end higher on Thursday, as investors hunted for bargains after a recent correction in shares of real estate and consumer firms.
** At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up percent at ,, while the blue-chip CSIindex was up percent at ,1.2 3160.53300 1.3 3894.05.
Reference: Reuters, CNBC
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