# Light trading in Asia, with most markets closed for holiday

Trading was light in Asia on Thursday, with most major markets closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index
HSI,
+0.45%
rose 0.5% and Singapore’s Straits Times Index
STI,
-0.01%
fell fractionally in shortened trading days. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200
XJO,
-0.10%
slipped 0.1%.

Markets in Japan, mainland China, South Korea and Taiwan were closed. The Lunar New Year holiday official begins Friday.