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Asian markets end mixed on Wednesday

07 Feb 2018 Evaluate

Asian equity markets ended mixed on Wednesday as investors monitored oil price movements and kept a cautious eye on bond markets after a brutal selloff in global equity markets earlier this week. Chinese shares ended sharply lower as investors booked some profits in recent outperformers. However, Japanese shares closed modestly higher in volatile trade as investors stayed on guard for more losses in global equity markets after US futures slipped.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %  

Shanghai Composite

3,309.26

-61.39

-1.82

Hang Seng

30,323.20

-272.22

-0.89

Jakarta Composite

6,534.87

56.33

0.87

KLSE Composite

1,836.68

24.23

1.34

Nikkei 225

21,645.37

35.13

0.16

Straits Times

3,383.77

-22.61

-0.66

KOSPI Composite

2,396.56

-56.75

-2.31

Taiwan Weighted

10,551.54

147.54

1.42