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

10:40 AM EDT, 10/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were tracking lower Thursday morning, declining 0.63% to 2,900.61 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index. From North Asia, the gainers were led by biopharmaceutical company Zai Lab (ZLAB) and game live-streaming service DouYu International (DOYU), which climbed 4.9% and 4.3% respectively. They were followed by pharmaceutical company Takeda Pharmaceutical (TAK) and brand platform Baozun (BZUN), which advanced 4.2% and 4% respectively. The decliners from North Asia were led by mobile big data platform Aurora Mobile (JG) and semiconductor company ASE Technology (ASX), which shed 8.4% and 7.8% respectively. They were followed by semiconductor company Silicon Motion Technology (SIMO) and lender CNFinance (CNF), which lost 6.7% and 5.9% respectively. From South Asia, the gainers were led by IT firm Infosys (INFY) and lender ICICI Bank (IBN), which rose 4.2% and 3.7% respectively. They were followed by lender HDFC Bank (HDB) and IT company Wipro (WIT), which were up 3.6% and 3.3% respectively. The only decliners from South Asia were computer hardware maker Canaan (CAN) and IT firm Sify Technologies (SIFY), which dropped 6% and 3.1% respectively.