Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in the early deals on Wednesday with investors in a risk-aversion mode ahead of several major political and economic events later this week. These include the UK elections, the ECB policy meeting and former FBI Director James Comey's congressional testimony. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei share average fell as investors continued to shun riskier assets ahead of potentially market moving global events this week. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are lower. Bucking the trend, Indonesia, Singapore and Shanghai are higher.
Nikkei 225 dipped 2.17 points or 0.01% to 19,977.73, Hang Seng dropped 8.82 points or 0.03% to 25,988.32, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined 1.75 points or 0.1% to 1,789.26, KOSPI Index slipped 0.13 points or 0.01% to 2,368.49, and Taiwan Weighted was down by 8.57 points or 0.08% to 10,197.61.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite increased 19.08 points or 0.33% to 5,726.91, Straits Times added 7.34 points or 0.23% to 3,243.09, and Shanghai Composite was up by 28.88 points or 0.93% to 3,131.00.
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