Asian markets are exhibiting mixed trend in the early deals on Thursday, as investors turned cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, that starts later in the day. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen will speak on Friday at the symposium and investors will keep a close eye on her remarks for clues about the outlook for US interest rates. Meanwhile, Chinese stocks fell the, led by property and small-cap shares, on concern the government will act to cool speculative activity in the nation’s financial markets. Among the other Asian markets, Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea are lower. Bucking the trend, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan are higher.
Nikkei 225 dipped 19.82 points or 0.12% to 16,577.48, Hang Seng declined 12.69 points or 0.06% to 22,808.09, Shanghai Composite decreased 33.08 points or 1.07% to 3,052.81, and KOSPI Index was down by 1.12 points or 0.05% to 2,042.64.
On the flip side, Straits Times added 3.50 points or 0.12% to 2,873.07, Taiwan Weighted increased 76.28 points or 0.85% to 9,093.66, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI jumped 3.22 points or 0.19% to 1,685.28, and Jakarta Composite was up by 25.59 points or 0.47% to 5,429.58.
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