Asian equities end mostly lower on Monday

26 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Shrugging off upbeat US economic data, most of the Asian equity indices snapped the day’s trade in the red on Monday amid ongoing concerns over Europe’s fiscal woes and investor caution in the last trading week of the year. Though most markets in the Asia pacific region remained closed, China stocks ended down by about 0.7 percent in thin volume amid concerns over an expected increase in supply in the coming year. The Shanghai Composite Index fell below the psychologically important 2,200 level again although trading remained light in holiday-thinned session, with turnover falling to a three-year low.

However, Japanese Nikkei rose by a percentage point as investors across the region reacted to upbeat US economic data and a move by lawmakers to extend temporary tax breaks and unemployment benefits, ending earlier Republican threats to block the moves.

Shanghai Composite was down 14.67 points or 0.67% to 2,190.11, Seoul Composite was down 10.52 points or 0.56% to 1,856.70 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 18.15 points or 0.26% to 7,092.58.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 was up by 84.18 points or 1.00% to 8,479.34, remained the lone gainer amongst the Asian pack.

Stock markets in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore remained closed on Monday in observance of the Christmas holiday.

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