World stocks and bond yields today stalled as markets anticipated crucial U.S. inflation data which could give signals on how soon the Federal Reserve will end its aggressive rate hikes.

The Asian markets ended mixed. Japan's Nikkei-225 gained 0.6 percent, China's Shanghai Composite index rose 0.4 per cent and South Korea's Kospi index added 0.1 percent. However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng declined 0.9 percent and Singapore's Straits Times index fell 0.4 per cent.

European Markets were trading up but in a narrow range in intra-day trade.  London's FTSE-100 gained 0.6 per cent, France's CAC-40 rose 0.4 percent and Germany's DAX was trading 0.2 percent up.