Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower early deals on Thursday as the market sentiments dampened with the steep rise in number of new coronavirus cases. China's Hubei province, reported an additional 242 deaths and 14,480 new cases related to the coronavirus, as of February 12. Moreover, mixed local corporate earnings results weighed on the investments. Japan's Nikkei is in negative tone after opening higher, while yen is softer. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai, Indonesian and Malaysian are in negative trend. Bucking the trend, Taiwan is trading higher.
Nikkei 225 down 60.20 points or 0.25% to 23,801.01, Straits Times dipped 6.23 points or 0.19% to 3,217.14, Hang Seng narrowed 39.59 points or 0.14% to 27,784.07, KOSPI Index trimmed 3.01 points or 0.13% to 2,235.37, Shanghai decreased 15.55 points 0.53% to 2,911.35, Jakarta Composite diminished by 39.78 points or 0.67% to 5,873.30 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down 3.39 points or 0.22% to 1,539.55.
On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted enlarged 32.69 points or 0.28% to 11,806.88.
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