Stock markets across the Asian region failed to further the gaining momentum on Wednesday as barring the Malaysian benchmark, all the major equity indices in the region drifted lower. Regional investors went on to overlook the sharp rally overnight in US markets where after an extended weekend all the major indices jumped more than a percent. The major cause of concern for market participants remained growing debt restructuring challenges in Europe while the third downgrade of Spain's credit rating in less than a month by Egan-Jones Ratings also prompted investors to take profits off the table. The renewed hopes that Greece will not exit the single currency union too did little to prevent the downside in markets.
Moreover, another sentiment dampener was report from China which indicated that the government would not employ stimulus measures on the scale of its 2008 stimulus plan to achieve a high growth. The benchmark in Hong Kong got lacerated by over two percent in the session and remained the top laggard in the space.
Shanghai Composite eased 6.80 points or 0.28% to 2,382.83, Hang Seng Index got lacerated by 392.42 points or 2.06% to 18,663.04, Jakarta Composite slipped 3.17 points or 0.08% to 3,915.90, Nikkei 225 plunged 85.18 points or 0.98% to 8,571.90, Straits Times Index dropped 12.27 points or 0.44% to 2,789.58, KOSPI Composite Index sank 16.06 points or 0.87% to 1,833.85 and Taiwan Weighted plummeted 103.33 points or 1.41% to 7,238.96.
On the other hand only KLSE Composite inched up 0.21 points or 0.01% to 1,565.11.
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