Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Thursday, in response to strong economic data out of the US overnight that pointed to rate increases, continued strength for the dollar and more capital flight from Asia. Though, Japanese stocks rose to a near 11-month high on a weaker yen and after Wall Street shares closed at record highs overnight, while the dollar's bull run continued as upbeat economic data took US bond yields to multi-year highs. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia are edging lower. Bucking the trend, Shanghai and Singapore is in positive territory.
Hang Seng dipped 78.81 points or 0.35% to 22,597.88, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI slipped 6.01 points or 0.37% to 1,624.37, Taiwan Weighted decreased 7.39 points or 0.08% to 9,170.84, Jakarta Composite declined 54.32 points or 1.04% to 5,157.67, and KOSPI Index was down by 14.83 points or 0.75% to 1,973.12.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 added 183.36 points or 1.01% to 18,346.30, Straits Times gained 0.43 points or 0.02% to 2,840.12, and Shanghai Composite was up by 3.08 points or 0.09% to 3,244.21.
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