Asian markets end lower on Wednesday

26 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Asian markets ended lower on Wednesday as continued fears about the growing virus outbreak, that will hurt the global economy, and officials described it was ‘a rapidly escalating epidemic’. Asia reported hundreds of new corona virus cases, including the first US soldier to be infected, as the United States warned of an inevitable pandemic, and as outbreaks in Italy and Iran spread to more countries. Japanese shares ended lower due to spike in corona virus infections beyond mainland China. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday called for sports and cultural events to be scrapped or curtailed for two weeks as the country battles to stem corona virus contagion amid mounting concerns the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could be cancelled.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2,987.93
-25.12
-0.83

Hang Seng

26,696.49
-196.74
-0.73

Jakarta Composite

5,688.92
-98.22
-1.70

KLSE Composite

1,495.19

-5.69

-0.38

Nikkei 225

22,426.19
-179.22
-0.79

Straits Times

3,117.52
-40.72
-1.29

KOSPI Composite

2,076.77
-26.84
-1.28

Taiwan Weighted

11,433.62
-106.61
-0.92

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