Asian markets trade in red in early deals on Monday

08 Jul 2019 Evaluate

The Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red on Monday, following the modest losses on Wall Street Friday after better-than-expected US jobs data for the month of June lowered the prospects of a near-term interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve. Geopolitical tensions also weighed on the markets sentiments after Iran said it will break a limit set on uranium enrichment under its 2015 nuclear accord with major world powers. The Japanese market is also trading with pessimism following the modest losses on Wall Street. Investors also digested a raft of mixed local economic data, including weaker than expected Japanese core machine orders data for May. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai, Indonesia, and Malaysia are trading lower.

Nikkei 225 down 213.47 points or 0.98% to 21,532.91, Hang Seng decrease 473.06 points or 1.64% to 28,301.77, Straits Times dip 42.79 points or 1.27% to 3,324.02, Taiwan Weighted decline 58.68 points or 0.54% to 10,727.05, KOSPI Index shrink 35.53 points or 1.68% to 2,075.06, Shanghai was diminish by 74.09 points 2.46% to 2,936.97, Jakarta Composite contract by 21.69 points or 0.34% to 6,351.79 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 5.53 points or 0.33% to 1,677.00.

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