Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in early deals on Wednesday, on account of mounting tensions surrounding spread of coronavirus and is impact over global economy. The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Korea topped 1,100 on Wednesday. The market sentiments also weighed after US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that Americans should begin to prepare for community spread of the coronavirus in the US. Japan's Nikkei traded lower in line with weak cues from Wall Street overnight. Concerns are also growing in Japan that the coronavirus outbreak could cancel the Tokyo Olympics. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea are trading lower. Bucking the trend, Shanghai is in positive trend.
Nikkei 225 fell 216.01 points or 0.96% to 22,389.40, Straits Times slipped 29.70 points or 0.94% to 3,128.54, Hang Seng down 163.18 points or 0.61% to 26,730.05, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 62.24 points or 1.08% to 5,724.90, Taiwan Weighted dulled 84.06 points or 0.73% to 11,456.17 and KOSPI Index slipped 25.87 points or 1.23% to 2,077.74.
On the flip side, Shanghai decreased 9.16 points 0.30% to 3,022.21.
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