Asian markets are trading mostly in red in early deals on Monday, tracking the negative cues from Wall Street amid weak corporate earnings results and as investors shifted focus to key central bank meetings this week. The Bank of Japan will announce its monetary policy decision on Tuesday, while the US Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement is due on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Japanese stocks dropped as possible changes this week in the Bank of Japan’s monetary policy weighed on sentiments, while quarterly earnings were also in focus. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia and Shanghai are lower. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is higher.
Nikkei 225 dropped 147.42 points or 0.65% to 22,565.33, Hang Seng dipped 194.16 points or 0.68% to 28,610.12, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI added 1.32 points or 0.07% to 1,767.82, KOSPI Index gained 1.78 points or 0.08% to 2,293.21, Taiwan Weighted spurt 61.18 points or 0.56% to 11,014.60, Straits Times increased 19.54 points or 0.59% to 3,305.44, and Shanghai Composite down by 4.68 points or 0.16% to 2,868.91.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was up by 21.56 points or 0.36% to 6,010.70.
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