South Korea's KOSPI closed down 162.11 points, or 1.84%, at 8,639.38 on Thursday, June 4.

Bharat Petroleum reported May gasoline sales rose 4.29% YoY and diesel sales rose 6.72% YoY.

At midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Lithium carbonate and Shanghai tin fell more than 4%; palladium, Shanghai nickel and polysilicon declined about 4%; bottle-grade PET chips and Shanghai silver were down nearly 3%; BR rubber, red dates, stainless steel, PVC, alumina, styrene and 20# rubber dropped over 2%. On the upside, coking coal rose over 4%, while rapeseed and coke gained more than 2%.