Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Thursday, following the weak trend from Wall Street overnight and amid worries about the US economy tracking the announcement of weaker than expected GDP data for the first quarter of 2015. The Japanese market traded lower as traders locked in profits from recent gains, discouraged by weak US growth figures, a retreat in overseas shares and disappointing corporate earnings results from Honda Motor and a few other companies. Investors are also treading cautiously ahead of the outcome of the Bank of Japan's monthly policy meeting today. Among the other markets in the Asian region, Shanghai, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan are all in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 dipped 383.35 points or 1.91% to 19,675.60, Jakarta Composite slipped 2.56 points or 0.05% to 5,103.01, KOSPI Index contracted 16.60 points or 0.77% to 2,126.03, Taiwan Weighted crumbled 9.75 points or 0.10% to 9,844.08, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 8.44 points or 0.46% to 1,834.49, Straits Times declined 16.44 points or 0.47% to 3,470.71, Shanghai Composite tumbled 4.26 points or 0.10% to 4,472.36 and Hang Seng was down by 264.05 points or 0.93% to 28,136.29.
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