Stock markets in the Asian region witnessed severe selling pressure on the week’s last trading session with most markets getting slaughtered by over two percentage points. Sentiments remained bleak as disconcerting reports from both sides of Atlantic prompted investors to flee from riskier asset classes like equities. Market participants in the region largely remained influenced by the overnight plunge on Wall Street on the back of a series of disappointing economic reports from the US where jobless claims held steady amid expectations of a decline, manufacturing in Philadelphia region surprisingly decelerated in May for the first time in eight months and US April leading economic index declined 0.1%.
Moreover, the European trouble seemed to be aggravating every passing day as fresh worries emerged from Spain where borrowing costs shot up and dwindling confidence in the nation’s banking system led depositors to withdraw their money. While global rating agency Moody's downgraded 16 Spanish banks. The benchmarks in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan bore the maximum brunt of selling pressure as they dived over two percent each with the Japanese equity index slumping to the lowest level in four months. Stock market in Indonesia remained closed on Friday owing to a public holiday.
Shanghai Composite plunged 25.16 points or 1.06% to 2,353.73, Hang Seng Index got thrashed by 434.30 points or 2.26% to 18,766.63, KLSE Composite declined 13.09 points or 0.85% to 1,531.12, Nikkei 225 got pummeled by 207.29 points or 2.34% to 8,669.30, Straits Times Index plummeted 43.53 points or 1.54% to 2,779.08, KOSPI Composite Index got battered 48.92 points or 2.65% to 1,796.32 and Taiwan Weighted slumped 158.17 points or 2.15% to 7,198.60.
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