Asian markets ended mixed on Wednesday as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's latest decision on monetary policy later in the day at which officials are expected to cut interest rates again. Meanwhile, Chinese shares ended up as investors looked for progress in Sino-US trade talks scheduled to start in Washington on Thursday. Seoul shares ended higher by easing crude oil prices after Saudi Arabia said more than half of the country's daily crude oil production that was knocked out by an attack had been recovered and that production capacity at its targeted plants would be fully restored by the end of the month.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,985.66 | 7.54 | 0.25 |
Hang Seng | 26,754.12 | -36.12 | -0.13 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,276.63 | 39.94 | 0.64 |
KLSE Composite | 1,599.49 | -4.81 | -0.30 |
Nikkei 225 | 21,960.71 | -40.61 | -0.18 |
Straits Times | 3,166.84 | -16.16 | -0.51 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,070.73 | 8.40 | 0.41 |
Taiwan Weighted | 10,929.45 | 54.95 | 0.51 |
