Most Asian markets end lower; Key indices in Europe trade lower

Most key Asian markets ended lower on Wednesday. So Japan's Nikkei-225 index slumped 1.3 percent on spike of Covid cases in the country amid a scarcity of medical workers and hospital beds in Tokyo. China's Shanghai Composite index lost 0.5 percent due to decline in energy stocks and banks, while digital currency-related stocks also fell after Beijing banned financial and payment companies from the cryptocurrency business and Singapore's Straits Times index lost 1.2 pe...