ISTANBUL 

Asian stock exchanges closed Thursday with negative results due to strong sales, while European markets were also in the negative territory.

The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, lost 39.56 points, or 1%, to close at nearly 3,921 points.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was also down 546.97 points, or 1.87%, to 28,708.

The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, fell 118.49 points, or 0.45%, to 26,017.

The Singapore index dropped by 9.58 points, or 0.3%, to 3,188, and the Indian Sensex shed 271.57 points, or 0.44%, to close at 60,988.

China's Shanghai stock exchange was the only index to post an increase, rising 7.78 points, or 0.22%, to 3,594.

European markets

The STOXX Europe 600, which includes around 90% of market capitalization of the European market in 17 countries, was down by 0.73 points, or 0.16%, to 469.34 as of 1053GMT.

London's FTSE 100 fell by 20.81 points, or 0.29%, to 7,202, while Germany's DAX index was at 15,504 points, down by 18.25 points or 0.12%.

The French CAC 40 dropped by 21.28 points, or 0.32%, to 6,684, and Italy's FTSE MIB slipped by 73.31 points, or 0.28%, to 26,508 points.


Spain's IBEX 35 lost 63.7 points, or 0.71%, to hit 8,954 points.