Most of the Asian markets are trading in red terrain in early deals on Friday, as President Donald Trump’s plans to impose new tariffs on China and renewed turmoil in emerging markets weighed on investors’ sentiments. The U.S. President Donald Trump intends to move ahead with plans to impose tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump has also threatened to pull the U.S. out of the World Trade Organization if the international trading group does not shape up. In addition, the sell-off in emerging market currencies also dampened investors’ sentiments. Meanwhile, Japanese Nikkei edged lower after the country’s industrial production in Japan dipped a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent on month in July. That missed forecast for a gain of 0.2 percent following the 1.8 percent drop in June. The unemployment rate in Japan came in at a seasonally adjusted 2.5 percent in July, beating expectations for 2.4 percent, which would have been unchanged from the June reading. Among the other Asian markets, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Shanghai are in negative territory. Bucking the trend, South Korea is in positive territory
Nikkei 225 decreased 23.95 points or 0.1% to 22,845.55, Taiwan Weighted declined 77.52 points or 0.7% to 11,016.23, Straits Times slipped 5.77 points or 0.18% to 3,219.95, Jakarta Composite tumbled 72.26 points or 1.22% to 5,946.70, Hang Seng dropped 257.46 points or 0.92% to 27,906.59 and Shanghai Composite was down by 2.23 points or 0.08% to 2,735.51.
On the other hand, KOSPI was up by 5.77 points or 0.25% to 2,313.12.
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