Asian stock markets mixed; Nikkei 225 marginally down

Hong Kong’s Hang seng was trading 0.31% higher at 22,969 points. Shanghai composite index up 0.10% at 3,139 points, while SGX Nifty increased by 0.17%. Jakarta Composite and SET Composite was trading higher by 0.54%, Straits Times is up 0.42%. ( read original story ...)

After Chinese investment, Pakistan's bourse bets on derivatives

In December, a Chinese-led consortium, made up of China Financial Futures Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange ... Pakistan was the world's fifth highest-returning stock market in 2016, but the growth was driven by local investors, with the bourse eager ... ( read original story ...)