Asia Market Wrap 4 November: Shenzhen Jumps 4.22% While Tokyo Falls 1.42% After Holiday
First published at 07:20 GMT; updated with the session’s closing edition at 10:27 GMT.
Mainland Chinese stocks led a split Asian session on Wednesday, with Shenzhen’s Component index closing 4.22% higher while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 fell 1.42% on its return from a holiday.
Five of the ten markets in this wrap rose and five fell, with the gains led by mainland China and Hong Kong and the deepest losses in Tokyo. In The Edge’s reading, the even split, with China and Hong Kong rising while Tokyo and Taipei fell, left the region without a single direction on the day.
China and Hong Kong lead the gains
The Shanghai Composite closed 2.16% higher. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose for a fourth straight session, up 1.67%, while the Hang Seng Biotech Index jumped 8.08%, Hang Seng Indexes data show. India’s Nifty 50 posted a fifth straight gain, and Seoul’s Kospi recovered part of Tuesday’s sharp fall.
The People’s Bank of China said on Wednesday it had cut the rate on its lending facility for share buybacks and shareholding increases by 25 basis points to 1%.
Tokyo and Taipei extend their declines
Reuters reported that AI stocks in Asia led the early declines in equity markets after the US midterm results raised concern that regulation could slow the sector’s growth. The Nikkei 225 fell for a third straight session and the Topix lost 0.89%, in Tokyo’s first session after Tuesday’s holiday. Taipei’s Taiex dropped 0.83% for a fifth straight decline, and Singapore’s Straits Times index edged lower for a fifth straight session. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 also fell.
Top gainers
| Index | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Shenzhen Component (China) | 11,335.69 | +4.22% |
| Shanghai Composite (China) | 3,686.17 | +2.16% |
| Hang Seng (Hong Kong) | 23,919.50 | +1.67% |
| Nifty 50 (India) | 23,960.60 | +0.63% |
| Kospi (South Korea) | 5,683.80 | +0.62% |
Closes of Wednesday 4 November 2026 from the exchanges’ and administrators’ own pages, ranked by change against the prior session’s closes as published; Tokyo’s rows against Monday’s, after Tuesday’s holiday.
Top losers
| Index | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Straits Times (Singapore) | 5,268.63 | -0.01% |
| S&P/ASX 200 (Australia) | 8,834.50 | -0.59% |
| Taiex (Taiwan) | 42,948.91 | -0.83% |
| Topix (Japan) | 3,895.38 | -0.89% |
| Nikkei 225 (Japan) | 62,188.63 | -1.42% |
Top losers, same session and basis.
Commodities and currencies
| Instrument | Level | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Gold, COMEX (Dec’26), dollars an ounce | 4,054.70 | +2.90% |
| Silver, COMEX (Dec’26), dollars an ounce | 52.03 | +4.58% |
| Brent Crude, ICE (Jan’27), dollars a barrel | 102.84 | -0.73% |
| WTI Crude, NYMEX (Dec’26), dollars a barrel | 95.96 | -0.14% |
| US Dollar Index (DXY) | 101.31 | -0.55% |
| Euro/Dollar | 1.1260 | +0.60% |
| Sterling/Dollar | 1.3495 | +0.63% |
| Dollar/Yen | 158.36 | -0.19% |
Intraday quotes at 10:11 GMT, the metals and crude as of 10:01 GMT, in fixed order; snapshots, not settlements; changes run from the prior settlement to the snapshot.
Correction, 4 November 2026: this page’s earlier edition gave its Nifty 50 intraday quote as 07:03 GMT; the quote was from 06:33 GMT.
Closes are from the exchanges’ and administrators’ own pages, measured against the prior session’s closes as published, with run lengths counted against The Edge’s published records; percentages and counts not attributed to a source are The Edge’s calculations.
How these wraps are prepared: Methodology.
Sources: Nikkei Inc., Japan Exchange Group, Korea Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, ASX, Shanghai Stock Exchange, Shenzhen Stock Exchange, Hang Seng Indexes, Singapore Exchange, National Stock Exchange of India, People’s Bank of China, Reuters, CNBC, The Edge.
