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Asian markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Friday

18 Dec 2015 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading down in the early deals on Friday, tracking the weak cues overnight from Wall Street as the euphoria over the US Federal Reserve's first interest rate increase since 2006 faded and as commodity prices resumed their downward slide. The Shanghai Composite Index rose after data showed new home prices increased in 33 cities among the 70 cities tracked by the government, compared with 27 in October, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Prices dropped in 27 cities, compared with 33 in October, and were unchanged in 10. Meanwhile, the Japanese market is declining, as investors booked profits following the steep gains in the previous two sessions. Investors are also treading cautiously ahead of the Bank of Japan's monetary policy announcement later in the day. Among the other Asian markets, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan are also in negative territory. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong, and South Korea are higher.

Nikkei 225 declined 39.66 points or 0.20% to 19,313.90, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI crumbled 8.30 points or 0.50% to 1,648.22, Jakarta Composite dropped 69.76 points or 1.53% to 4,486.20, Straits Times dipped 9.47 points or 0.33% to 2,851.71, and Taiwan Weighted was down by 37.59 points or 0.45% to 8,282.08.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite added 0.17 points to 3,580.17, KOSPI Index rose 0.49 points or 0.02% to 1,978.45, and Hang Seng was up by 24.25 points or 0.11% to 21,896.31.

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