Asian shares end mostly lower on Monday

02 Sep 2019 Evaluate

Asian shares ended mostly lower on Monday amid concerns over escalating Sino-US trade war and its impact on global economic growth. A new round of tariffs by the world's two largest economies took effect over the weekend. US tariffs on about $112 billion worth of Chinese imports went into effect on Sunday, while China started to impose retaliatory tariffs on some of the $75 billion worth of US goods it has targeted. Japanese shares ended lower, while the safe-haven yen strengthened after the US and China put additional tariffs on each other's exports over the weekend. Meanwhile, the Malaysian market was closed on Awal Muharram.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2,924.11
37.87
1.31

Hang Seng

25,626.55
-98.18
-0.38

Jakarta Composite

6,290.55
-37.92
-0.60

KLSE Composite

-

-

-

Nikkei 225

20,620.19
-84.18
-0.41

Straits Times

3,082.96
-23.56
-0.76

KOSPI Composite

1,969.19
1.40
0.07

Taiwan Weighted

10,634.85
16.80
0.16

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