expect India’s wholesale inflation rate to come down to 2.2% from October’s 2.36%. The country’s consumer inflation dropped from a 14-month high, according to data released Thursday. TICKER COMPANY NAME PRICE CHANGE %CHANGE .N225 Nikkei 225 Index *NIKKEI 39462.43 -386.71 -0.97 .HSI Hang Seng Index *HSI 20050.93 -346.12 -1.7 .AXJO S&P/ASX 200 *ASX 200 8300.7 -29.6 -0.36 .SSEC Shanghai *SHANGHAI 3413.01 -48.49 -1.4 .KS11 KOSPI Index *KOSPI 2497.45 15.33 0.62 .FTFCNBCA CNBC 100 ASIA IDX *CNBC 100 10124.74 -115.39 -1.13 Overnight in the U.S., all three major indexes slid, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average losing 0.53% to mark its sixth straight losing day after a hotter-than-expected inflation reading. The producer price index, which measures wholesale inflation, climbed 0.4% for November, higher than the Dow Jones estimate of 0.2%. On an annual basis, PPI advanced 3%, its biggest rise since the 12 months ended February 2023. The tech-heavy Nasdaq retreated from the 20,000 mark and shed 0.66%, while the broad market S&P 500 shed 0.54% . — CNBC’s Sean Conlon