Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red in the early deals on Thursday, due to risk aversion among the market players on worries about global economic slowdown followed by the report that Germany's business confidence unexpectedly weakened in April and South Korea's economy unexpectedly shrunk in the first quarter. However, Japanese stock indices are in positive lead with the mixed trend in major exporters and a weaker yen. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, Shanghai, and Malaysia are negative territory. Bucking the trend, Taiwan is in trading higher.
Hang Seng down 19.82 points or 0.07% to 29,786.01, Straits Times down 3.83 points or 0.11% to 3,358.60, KOSPI Shares decreases 8.16 points or 0.37% to 2,192.87, Jakarta Composite diminish 52.26 points or 0.81% to 6,395.63, Shanghai Composite contracts by 22.66 points or 0.71% to 3,178.95, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dips by 2.66 points or 0.16% 1,635.35.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 up 108.09 points or 0.49% to 22,308.09, and Taiwan Weighted hiked 7.87 points or 0.07% to 11,035.51.
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