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

10:43 AM EDT, 10/29/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were moving lower Thursday morning, declining 0.12% to 2,870.00 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index. From North Asia, the gainers were led by fintech firm Jiayin Group (JFIN) and mobile big data platform Aurora Mobile (JG), which surged 30.5% and 4.2% respectively. They were followed by video-based social media platform JOYY (JOYY) and commercial real estate and digital security firm Eason Technology (DXF), which advanced 4.1% and 1.6% respectively. The decliners from North Asia were led by internet and data center services provider VNET Group (VNET) and semiconductor company ASE Technology (ASX), which fell 5.7% and 3.7% respectively. They were followed by semiconductor company Himax Technologies (HIMX) and video display maker LG Display (LPL), which were down 3.5% and 3.2% respectively. From South Asia, the gainers were led by IT firm Wipro (WIT) and telecommunications operator PLDT (PHI), which rose 1.5% and 1.4% respectively. They were followed by lender ICICI Bank (IBN) and pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY), which were up 1.3% and 1.2% respectively. The only decliners from South Asia were computer hardware maker Canaan (CAN) and telecommunications operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK), which lost 4.5% and 2.2% respectively.