Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Thursday after Wall Street closed lower overnight on profit taking. Crude oil prices slipped in Asian trades after touching their highest level in more than a year overnight. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a more than two-week low tracking weakness on Wall Street, but Takata Corp surged on news that the maker of defective air bags could settle US criminal charges next month. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are also lower. Bucking the trend, Indonesia, Shanghai and Malaysia are edging higher.
Nikkei 225 dropped 280.47 points or 1.51% to 19,121.25, Hang Seng dipped 21.48 points or 0.1% to 21,733.26, Taiwan Weighted contracted 10.38 points or 0.11% to 9,191.02, KOSPI Index slipped 0.3 points or 0.01% to 2,024.19 and Straits Times was down by 13.10 points or 0.45% to 2,885.20.
On the flip side, Shanghai Composite added 6.9 points or 0.22% to 3,109.14, Jakarta Composite surged 55.87 points or 1.07% to 5,265.32, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up by 3.31 points or 0.2% to 1,633.61.
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