Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Wednesday while the U.S. dollar held firm after a slump on Wall Street and tensions over Ukraine instilled a mood of risk aversion across markets. A lack of positive catalysts from the region is also contributing to the weakness in most of the markets. Further, the Japanese stock market is notably lower due to investors pressing sales at several counters, tracking overnight weak close on Wall Street amid mounting worries about the situation in Ukraine. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong and Shanghai are notably lower. Singapore and South Korea are down with modest losses, while Taiwan is down marginally.
Nikkei 225 crumbled by 153.29 points or 1.00% to 15,167.02, Hang Seng slipped 151.68 points or 0.62% to 24,496.58, KOSPI Index dropped by 7.47 points or 0.36% to 2,058.79, Jakarta Composite decreased by 53.60 points or 1.05% to 5,055.49, Shanghai Composite dipped 10.16 points or 0.46% to 2,209.79, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI contracted by 4.71 points or 0.25% to 1,871.98, Straits Times shed by 11.18 points or 0.34% to 3,316.49. and Taiwan Weighted was down by 26.92 points or 0.29% to 9,114.52.
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