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Asian markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Thursday

02 Nov 2017 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading mostly in red in the early deals on Thursday following the mixed lead overnight from Wall Street after the Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold as expected and reinforced expectations of a December interest-rate hike. Investors also digested news that later on Thursday; US President Donald Trump will nominate Fed Governor Jerome Powell as the next chair of the central bank, replacing Janet Yellen. Though, Japan’s Nikkei share average extended its strong rally to top a new 21-year peak, with the mining sector getting a boost while buyers continued to pile into companies such as Honda Motor and Sony on robust earnings prospects. Among the other Asian markets, Shanghai, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia are also lower. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is higher.

Hang Seng slipped 41.59 points or 0.15% to 28,552.47, Shanghai Composite dropped 19.8 points or 0.58% to 3,376.11, KOSPI Index dipped 9.48 points or 0.37% to 2,546.99, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined 3.72 points or 0.21% to 1,740.21, Taiwan Weighted decreased 3.34 points or 0.03% to 10,803.02, and Straits Times was down by 26.73 points or 0.79% to 3,364.88.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 gained 42.09 points or 0.19% to 22,462.17, and Jakarta Composite was up by 38.74 points or 0.64% to 6,076.88.

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