Asian equities exhibit pessimistic trends on Tuesday

27 Dec 2011 Evaluate

The benchmarks in Asia got off to a sluggish opening and most markets traded on a pessimistic note on Tuesday after an extended weekend, lacking any significant upside triggers. Investors at large lacked conviction to take big bets ahead of the year end as they concentrated on Euro-zone sovereign debt trouble and cooling global growth. Market participants looked ahead for the US markets for direction where some economic reports are scheduled to be released, including the S&P Case-Shiller house price index for October and consumer confidence for December. Lingering concerns over the resolution of an onerous Euro-zone debt debacle and slowing growth prospects in the region undermined sentiments.

Most markets in the region traded with moderate cuts of around half a percent as marketmen remained on the sidelines waiting for foreign markets to reopen after the Christmas holidays. The benchmark in China bucked the negative trend and inched up into the positive terrain to trade with marginal gains in the session.

Jakarta Composite shed 22.36 points or 0.59% to 3,774.79, Nikkei 225 slipped 33.26 points or 0.39% to 8,446.08, Straits Times eased 5.84 points or 0.22% to 2,670.63, Seoul Composite sank 12.63 points or 0.68% to 1,844.07 and Taiwan Weighted declined 20.11 points or 0.28% to 7,072.47.

On the flipside, only Shanghai Composite gained 1.12 points or 0.05% to 2,191.23.

Stock market in Hong Kong remained closed on Tuesday in observance of a public holiday.

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