The Nasdaq composite index rose 41 points to 3, 381, an increase of 1.2 percent.
South Korea's Kospi Composite Index was off 0.1% while Singapore's Straits Times Index was up 0.2%.
Now compare that to Shanghai in the same time, Shanghai's benchmark composite index rose 130 percent.
The NYSE composite index has fared even worse: It's down 27% year to date.
On six consecutive days earlier this month, the Seoul Composite Index hit three-year trading lows.
The Shanghai Composite Index finished in negative territory for the second consecutive year, down 21.7%.
It has outperformed the Shanghai Composite Index, which dropped 5% in the same period.
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The Nasdaq composite index shed 24.47, or 1.6 percent, to 1, 555.08, its worst finish since October 1998.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.3% in the mainland and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index was flat.
The Shenzhen Composite Index was up 0.14 percent to 839 points within the first hour of trade.
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The Shanghai Composite Index ended down 0.9 percent at 2, 109.9, its lowest close since March 3, 2009.
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The CCI is a basket of 17 major raw commodity futures prices rolled into one composite index price.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.3%, to 20741.45, while China's Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.4%, to 2396.32.
In Asia, China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.5% to a one-month low and declined 4.9% on the week.
The mother of all tech markets, the Nasdaq, registered a 39.28% drop of its composite index this year.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index added 2% to 20739.45, and the Shanghai Composite Index also gained 2%, to 2312.56.
The Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.7 percent to 2, 199.41 and the Shenzhen Composite Index rose 1.3 percent to 935.07.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent to 21, 918.09 and the Shanghai Composite Index added 0.4 percent to 2, 221.42.
The Shanghai Composite Index has traded between 2220.08 and 2369.65 since March 1.
China's Shanghai Composite Index, meanwhile, is up 2.4%, while the overall MSCI Asia index outside Japan is up 1.3%.
The Nasdaq Composite Index, dominated by technology stocks, rose 0.34% to 3267.52 Thursday.
European markets saw heavy selling after the news, highlighted by the Greece ASE Composite Index, which has dropped 6%.
The Shanghai Composite Index has fallen 21% as domestic investors fret over Beijing's efforts to cool an overheated economy.
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The Shanghai Composite Index bucked the regional trend, however, losing 1.2% to 2333.33.
The Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.2 percent to 2, 235.58 and the smaller Shenzhen Composite Index added 0.1 percent to 955.33.
South Korea's Kospi Composite rose 0.8%, China's Shanghai Composite Index added 0.1% and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index climbed 0.9%.
The Shanghai Composite Index declined 1.1% to its lowest level this year, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.4%.
The KLSE's composite index has shot up to over 750 since hitting a low of 262.7 in September last year.
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