Asian Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Decline in Wednesday Trading

10:45 AM EDT, 10/21/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were tracking lower Wednesday morning, declining 0.31% to 2,901.28 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index. From North Asia, the gainers were led by fintech firm Jiayin Group (JFIN) and semiconductor company ASE Technology (ASX), which advanced 5.2% and 3.8% respectively. They were followed by used car marketplace Uxin (UXIN) and semiconductor company Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO), which increased 3.7% and 1.8% respectively. The decliners from North Asia were led by e-commerce and technology companies JD.com (JD) and Alibaba Group (BABA), which fell 3% and 2.9% respectively. They were followed by fintech firm Qfin (QFIN) and video-sharing and streaming platform Bilibili (BILI), which decreased 2.8% and 2.6% respectively. From South Asia, the only gainers were telecommunications operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK) and IT firm Wipro (WIT), which were up 1% and 0.8% respectively. The decliners from South Asia were led by telecommunications operator PLDT (PHI) and tech conglomerate Sea (SE), which dropped 3.4% and 2% respectively. They were followed by lenders ICICI Bank (IBN) and HDFC Bank (HDB), which lost 1.6% and 1.1% respectively.