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Elsewhere in South Asia, Pakistan's Karachi 100 fell 1.1 percent to a two week low of 15,304.90 while Sri Lanka's Colombo All-Share declined 0.14 percent to 2,677.50. Bangladesh's Dhaka Stock Exchange gained 0.85 percent to 3079.35.

Asian markets were choppy in Asia on Thursday with major indices ending in the red. Japan's Nikkei 225 slipped 0.28 percent to 13,540; Taiwan's Taiex dropped 0.20 percent to 8990.33; South Korea's Kospi fell 0.08 percent to 1799.34; Singapore's Straits Times lost 0.51 percent to 3177.55; and Indonesia's Jakarta Composite ended down 1.92 percent to 2269.98.

However, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 1.55 percent to 25,680.78; China's Shanghai Composite surged 9.29 percent to 3583.03; and Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Composite gained 0.38 percent to 1293.08.