Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the morning deals on Wednesday, taking cues from Wall Street and on escalating violence in the Middle East sapped demand for riskier assets. The Japanese stock market declined as energy explorers slid and investors weighed the nation’s new growth strategies. The escalating violence in Iraq also contributed to the downside. On the economic front, an index measuring corporate service prices in Japan was up 3.6 percent on year in May, standing at 102.5, that topped forecasts for an increase of 3.2 percent following the 3.4 percent increase in April. On a monthly basis, prices added 0.2 percent after surging 2.6 percent in April. Chinese Shanghai Composite fell amid concern the first new share listings in four months will divert funds and surging oil prices will slow the economy. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Shanghai, South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia are modestly lower. Taiwan is down marginally, while Hong Kong and Singapore are slightly higher.
Nikkei 225 tumbled by 77.89 points or 0.51% to 15,298.35, KOSPI Index decreased 11.10 points or 0.56% to 1,983.25, Jakarta Composite dropped by 8.09 points or 0.17% to 4,854.15, Shanghai Composite slipped 10.28 points or 0.51% to 2,023.65, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined by 3.42 points or 0.18% to 1,888.91 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 3.82 points or 0.04% to 9,242.38.
On the flip side, Hang Seng increased 23.96 points or 0.10% to 22,904.60 and Straits Times was up by 5.57 points or 0.17% to 3,267.60.
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