Most Asian markets fell on Tuesday, on the back of global worries about the impact of the euro zone debt crisis. Meanwhile, investors awaited the release of key US economic data. After plummeting to their lowest level since March 2009 on Monday, Shanghai shares ended with green mark despite fading hopes for more formal monetary easing to underpin China's fragile growth. In Seoul, shares of Samsung Electronics rose 1.6%, recovering some of the value lost on Monday. Hong Kong shares also ended lower, ahead of Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke’s speech in bankers' meet at Jackson Hole on Friday.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,073.15 | 17.45 | 0.85 |
Hang Seng | 19,811.80 | 13.13 | 0.07 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,142.85 | -3.03 | -0.07 |
KLSE Composite | 1,647.11 | -1.02 | -0.06 |
Nikkei 225 | 9,033.29 | -52.10 | -0.57 |
Straits Times | 3,040.07 | -4.42 | -0.15 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,916.33 | -1.54 | -0.08 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,361.94 | -106.28 | -1.42 |