Asian markets exhibits mixed trend in early deals on Friday

04 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Asian market indices are exhibiting mixed trend in early deals on Friday following the overnight sell-off on Wall Street as a dire quarterly warning from Apple stoked fears of a slowdown in the global economy. The Japanese market, which resumed trading after the New Year holidays, is sharply lower. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia and Shanghai are higher. Bucking the trend, Taiwan and Malaysia are lower.

Hang Seng added 326.10 points or 1.30% to 25,390.46, Straits Times gained 27.53 points or 0.91% to 3,040.41, Jakarta Composite increased 35.48 points or 0.57% to 6,256.49, Shanghai Composite jumped 44.66 points or 1.81% to 2,509.02, and KOSPI Shares up by 12.06 points or 0.60% to 2,005.76.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 dropped 553.89 points or 2.77% to 19,460.88, Taiwan Weighted dipped 116.37 points or 1.23% to 9,376.05, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 1.25 points or 0.07% to 1,674.58. 

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