Fresh bouts of nervousness over Greece debt deal have weighed down the equity indices in the Asian region. Despite starting the session on a positive note, the optimism waned out completely as fears of an imminent sovereign debt default from Greece intensified after the nation missed an important deadline to come to an agreement over a second bailout package however, talks on fresh bailout deal have been postponed to Tuesday. A disorderly default by Greece would stoke up fresh set of worries in the minds of investors as it may shake European banks on which the fate of the Euro-zone’s survival is dependent.
The benchmark in China led the losers in Asian space with large cuts of close to two percent after the IMF warned that growth in world’s second largest economy - China may drop by as much as 4 percentage points from the fund's current projection, which is for 8.2% this year in the event of a sharp recession in Europe. However, the index in South Korea managed to keep head above the water and traded with marginal gains as continuous buying from foreign investors along with solid gains in Auto stocks prevented downfall.
Shanghai Composite plummeted 44.96 points or 1.93% to 2,286.17, Hang Seng declined 36.61 points or 0.18% to 20,673.33, Jakarta Composite plunged 42.13 points or 1.06% to 3,932.66, Nikkei 225 slipped 36.80 points or 0.41% to 8,892.40 and Taiwan Weighted eased 3.85 points or 0.05% to 7,684.13.
On the flipside, Straits Times rose 4.09 points or 0.14% to 2,944.19 and Seoul Composite gained 0.60 points or 0.03% to 1,973.73.
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