Trade continued to remain choppy in Asian region as most of the equity indices exhibited sluggish trade in the Tuesday’s morning session as poor economic data in the euro zone, which saw the preliminary composite Purchasing Managers Index fall to a five-month low in April, dampened the investor’s risk appetite. While, political events in Europe continued to impact sentiment on concerns that the Netherlands could lose its triple-A credit rating after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte offered to resign in light of unsuccessful budget talks over the weekend.
Traders also followed overnight losses on Wall Street and European bourses while keeping an eye on central bank policy meetings in Washington and Tokyo this week, hoping for some fresh stimulus measures. Meanwhile, Seoul shares fell to a near three-month low in opening trade, tracking a broad decline in global equities after disappointing data and political turmoil in the euro zone rekindled fears about the bloc's worsening debt situation.
Shanghai Composite crumbled 33.42 points or 1.40% to 2,355.17, Hang Seng declined 82.71 points or 0.40% to 20,541.68, Jakarta Composite slipped 6.95 points or 0.17% to 4,148.54, KLSE Composite dipped 3.30 points or 0.21% to 1,580.50, Nikkei 225 tumbled 115.64 points or 1.21% to 9,426.53, Seoul Composite contracted 15.10 points or 0.77% to 1,957.53 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 5.07 points or 0.07% to 7,476.02.
On the flip side, Straits Times was up by 9.40 points or 0.32% to 2,971.75.
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