10:29 AM EDT, 10/16/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian equities traded in the US as American depositary receipts were little changed Thursday morning at 2,704.76 on the S&P Asia 50 ADR Index.

From North Asia, the gainers were led by education company 17 Education & Technology Group ( YQ ) and lender CNFinance ( CNF ) , which climbed 8.6% and 7.1% respectively. They were followed by semiconductor company ASE Technology ( ASX ) and automotive marketplace Token Cat ( TC ) , which advanced 5.1% and 3.2% respectively.

The decliners from North Asia were led by diagnostic imaging centers company Concord Medical Services ( CCM ) and computer hardware maker Canaan (CAN), which fell 11% and 6.1% respectively. They were followed by streaming video platform iQIYI (IQ) and fintech company Qfin ( QFIN ) , which dropped 3.5% each.

From South Asia, the gainers were led by tech conglomerate Sea (SE), which rose 2.2%, followed by pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (RDY) and lender ICICI Bank ( IBN ) , which were up 1.1% and 1% respectively.

The decliners from South Asia were led by IT company Sify Technologies ( SIFY ) and telecommunications operator Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK), which lost 10% and 4.9% respectively. They were followed by IT firms Infosys ( INFY ) and Wipro ( WIT ) , which were down 3.7% and 1.3% respectively.