Asian Equities Traded in the US as American Depositary Receipts Head Slightly Lower in Thursday Trading

10:53 AM EDT, 08/27/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were tracking lower Thursday morning, declining 0.15% to 2,992.57 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index. From North Asia, the gainers were led by brand platform Baozun (BZUN) and lender CNFinance (CNF), which climbed 8.2% and 6.1% respectively. They were followed by education company 17 Education & Technology Group (YQ) and tech comapny Baidu (BIDU), which advanced 4.2% and 3.5% respectively. The decliners from North Asia were led by semiconductor company Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) and fintech firm Jiayin Group (JFIN), which fell 4% and 3.9% respectively. They were followed by fintech company Qfin (QFIN), which was down 3.6%. From South Asia, the gainers were led by computer hardware maker Canaan (CAN) and IT firm Infosys (INFY), which rose 3% and 0.6% respectively. They were followed by IT company Wipro (WIT) and lender ICICI Bank (IBN), which were up 0.3% and 0.1% respectively. The decliners from South Asia were led by tech conglomerate Sea (SE) and telecommunications operator PLDT (PHI), which dropped 2.1% and 1.4% respectively. They were followed by telecommunications operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK) and lender HDFC Bank (HDB), which lost 1.1% and 1% respectively.