Elsewhere in Asia, Taiwan's Taiex weighted index suffered a setback, down 0.6%, to 4,931.84, despite Fubon Financial Holding advancing 6.7%, to 19.05 New Taiwan dollars (58 cents); the financial services firm said it was buying the Taiwan life insurance unit of Dutch bank/insurance firm ING for $600 million.
The setback pulled down the 20-year nominal annual rate of return, monitored in terms of Singapore dollars, from 5.8% to 4.4%, the lowest reading since 2001.
In a major setback for Downing Street, which has insisted the release was entirely a matter for Edinburgh, it emerged that a Foreign Office minister intervened last February to make clear to Libya that Brown and Miliband hoped Abdelbaset al-Megrahi would not "pass away" in prison.
Initially, the planned schedule had targeted 2013 as a launch window, but various delays and setbacks pushed down its inaugural flight – until today.
After all, even with all the challenges, sacrifices and setbacks, deep down, you're proud to serve too and you wouldn't have it any other way.
Don't get me wrong, I was absolutely fine, I have an amazing family and friends who I always have a good time with, but to go so many years with no decent romantic prospects, and with more than a few setbacks, let-downs and downright galling experiences, well, it takes its toll.
The group did not let this setback bring them down, however.
After Georgia kicked a field goal on the first possession in overtime, Alabama sustained a setback on 1st down when Tagovailoa was sacked for a 16-yard loss.
Walton had to sell his Newport store after failing to renew the lease, but he did not let the setback slow him down.
The proposal, approved by Parliament last month after an earlier setback, was shot down last week by the country's highest judicial review body, the Constitutional Council, which ruled that it violated constitutional guarantees of free speech and the presumption of innocence.
But Northern Leaguers counter that, if constitutional reform goes, so will they.As Mr Berlusconi threw himself into a round of meetings intended to produce a cabinet reshuffle and a rejigged government programme, he vowed not to let a mid-term setback bring him down.
