Asian indexes ended mostly with declines

Most Asian indexes recorded declines on Thursday.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.64 percent, while South Korean Kospi erased 0.46 percent. Hang Seng registered a decrease of 1.26%.

Shanghai Composite fell by 0.67%, while the smaller Shenzhen Composite added 0.18% to its value.

ASX 200 recorded a decline of 1.13%, pushed by the heavily-weighed banking sector, where the decrease was 2.5 percent.

Banks in Australia finished with sharp declines, shares of ANZ fell 5.21%, those of Commonwealth Bank of Australia fell 2.45%, Westpac wiped 4.58%, while shares of NAB fell 3 , 53%.

Japanese yen is trading  at 112.87 yen againts the US dollar. Despite the slight appreciation of the Japanese currency, the leading exporters closed the session with declines. Toyota wiped 1.56% of its share price, Nissan reported a decrease of 0.98 percent, while Honda declined with 1.6%.