Luokung's shares will be deleted from the FTSE Global Total Cap and Micro Cap indexes effective on March 12, subject to further guidance from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control, it said in a statement, citing the U.S. order.

In the same statement, FTSE Russell said the proposed addition of Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment to its global and China indexes would "not proceed as previously announced."

(Reporting by Andrew Galbraith and Samuel Shen; Editing by Toby Chopra)