Asian markets end mostly in red on Tuesday

30 Dec 2014 Evaluate

The Asian equity benchmarks ended mostly in red on Tuesday, with Japanese shares slipping on their final trading day of the year. Japan’s ruling coalition has approved a tax reform plan that will cut corporate taxes from April and pledges further reductions in coming years in a bid by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to boost profitability and bolster economic growth. The plan approved would cut the overall effective corporate tax rate by 2.51% points to 32.1% from April and then to 31.3% the following year.  South Korea’s current account surplus rose to a monthly record in November as slumping oil prices slashed the value of imports.  The preliminary figure of $11.4 billion shattered the previous monthly record of $11.1 billion set in October 2013. The current account - the broadest measure of foreign trade in goods and services - has been in the black for two years and nine months - the longest streak of surplus since 1989. South Korean Industrial Production fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of -3.4%, from -3.2% in the preceding month.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,165.81

-2.20

-0.07

Hang Seng

23,501.10

-272.08

-1.14

Jakarta Composite

5,226.95

48.57

0.94

KLSE Composite

1,766.83

-1.58

-0.09

Nikkei 225

17,450.77

-279.07

-1.57

Straits Times

3,366.11

-1.58

-0.05

KOSPI Composite

1,915.59

-12.27

-0.64

Taiwan Weighted

9,268.43

-17.85

-0.19

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