Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading down in the early deals on Wednesday, following the lackluster cues overnight from Wall Street and European markets. Investors are treading cautiously ahead of the release of a raft of economic data by China. China is slated to release October figures for retail sales, industrial production and fixed-asset investment later in the day. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei share average is trading marginally higher, though investors stayed on the sidelines after signs that the market was overbought. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan are lower.
Hang Seng declined 4.66 points or 0.02% to 22,397.04, Straits Times slipped 0.50 points or 0.02% to 2,997.22, Shanghai Composite contracted 15.36 points or 0.42% to 3,625.12, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dropped 22.82 points or 1.35% to 1,663.29, KOSPI Index dipped 3.81 points or 0.19% to 1,992.78, and Taiwan Weighted was down by 109.43 points or 1.28% to 8,427.47.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 surged 17.58 points or 0.09% to 19,688.84, and Jakarta Composite was up by 4.51 points or 0.10% to 4,455.56.
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