Asian markets end mixed on Thursday

04 Jul 2019 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mixed on Thursday on a slew of weak US data on private sector job growth, trade balance and service sector growth reinforced expectations for a near-term interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Hong Kong shares finished down after a survey showed Hong Kong's private sector contracted further in June, with declines in business activity and export orders from mainland. Meanwhile, Seoul shares closed higher as Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki warned of possible countermeasures against Japan if it keeps restrictions on exports of high-tech materials to its companies for a long time. Japanese shares ended up even as the dollar slipped against the yen on Fed rate cut hopes.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,005.25
-10.01
-0.33

Hang Seng

28,795.77
-59.37
-0.21

Jakarta Composite

6,375.97
13.35
0.21

KLSE Composite

1,687.48

-2.57

-0.15

Nikkei 225

21,702.45
64.29
0.30

Straits Times

3,372.25
4.45
0.13

KOSPI Composite

2,108.73
12.71
0.61

Taiwan Weighted

10,775.90
32.13
0.30

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