Stock Market Holiday, Dec. 26 -- Global markets are largely at a muted today aming thin trading activity as several major global exchanges remain shut on account of Boxing, leaving trading activity fragmented across regions.

With markets in Australia, Hong Kong and much of Europe closed following the Christmas break, investor participation has narrowed sharply, even as select Asian markets continue to trade and attempt a late-year rally amid subdued volumes.

Along with Hong Kong's Hang Seng and Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), key European exchanges shut for the holiday include the London Stock Exchange, Euronext markets in Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels, the Irish Stock Exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, and Nordic bourses such as Stock...