Asian equity markets ended mostly lower on Thursday. Chinese stocks ended lower as investors turned cautious amid trade talks between China and the US in Washington. However, Japanese shares ended marginally higher after Wall Street gained overnight, with financial stocks rallying on an increase in US bond yields while tech shares attracted buyers after the yen weakened. Investors shrugged off weak Japanese core machinery orders data for March. The Cabinet Office said that the total value of core machine orders in Japan dropped 3.9 percent on month in March, coming in at 856.6 billion yen. That missed expectations for a decline of 3.0 percent following the 2.1 percent increase in February.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,154.28 | -15.28 | -0.48 |
Hang Seng | 30,942.15 | -168.05 | -0.54 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,815.92 | -25.54 | -0.44 |
KLSE Composite | 1,854.44 | -3.82 | -0.21 |
Nikkei 225 | 22,838.37 | 121.14 | 0.53 |
Straits Times | 3,536.76 | 3.71 | 0.11 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,448.45 | -11.37 | -0.46 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,833.81 | -63.76 | -0.59 |
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