11:01 AM EST, 11/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were lower Thursday morning, down 0.5% to 2,033.35 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by mobile big data service platform Aurora Mobile ( JG ) and online marketing and enterprise data provider iClick (ICLK), which advanced 21% and 2.1% respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by cloud computing company Kingsoft Cloud ( KC ) and video platform iQIYI (IQ), which fell 12% and 11% respectively.

They were followed by online retailer Pinduoduo (PDD), which dropped 9.5%.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by telecom Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK), which rose nearly 3%.