Asian equity markets ended mixed on Monday after US Senate Republicans narrowly passed a bill to overhaul the US tax system and President Donald Trump said he never asked FBI director James Comey to stop investigating former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Japanese shares ended lower in cautious trade, dragged down by technology stocks. While, survey data from the Cabinet Office showed Japan's consumer confidence improved as expected in November to the highest level in more than four years. The consumer confidence index climbed to 44.9 from 44.5 in the previous month.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,309.62 | -8.00 | -0.24 |
Hang Seng | 29,138.28 | 64.04 | 0.22 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,998.20 | 46.06 | 0.77 |
KLSE Composite | 1,713.13 | -4.73 | -0.28 |
Nikkei 225 | 22,707.16 | -111.87 | -0.49 |
Straits Times | 3,438.47 | -11.07 | -0.32 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,501.67 | 26.26 | 1.06 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,651.11 | 50.74 | 0.48 |