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·       European stocks opened mixed Thursday morning, with market players in a state of anxious uncertainty ahead of a U.S. deadline to impose tariffs on Chinese products.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was little changed shortly after the opening bell, with sectors and major bourses pointing in opposite directions.

·       Asian stocks fell for the fourth day and major currencies traded in tight ranges on Thursday, with financial markets jittery before a U.S. deadline to impose tariffs on Chinese imports just a day away.

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan, which has been drifting lower since Monday, was down 0.5 percent. The index has lost about 2 percent this week, during which it plumbed a nine-month low.

·       Japan’s Nikkei share average closed at a three-month low on Thursday as trade tensions spooked investors while shares of banks and firms that benefit from inbound tourism languished.

The Nikkei ended 0.8 percent lower at 21,546.99, the lowest closing since April 4.

·       Chinese stocks slipped on Thursday and the yuan gave back some of its recent gains against the dollar a day before China and the United States were set to hit one another with punitive tariffs that risked triggering a full-scale trade war.

The blue chip CSI300 Index .CSI300 was down by about 0.6 percent at 0622 GMT, and the Shanghai Composite Index was off about 0.7 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index .HSI slipped about 1 percent.

 Reference: Reuters, CNBC