Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in early deals on Wednesday, as the market sentiments remained under pressure with the rising number of covid-19 cases and the lingering concerns over global economic damage it caused. The global stocks are in track to mark its biggest quarterly decline in more than a decade. Meanwhile, the oil shares are trading near lower levels last seen in 2002. Japan's Nikkei is dipping in line with the negative cues from Wall Street overnight and the safe-haven yen is stronger. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Shanghai and Malaysia are in negative territory. However, Shanghai and Indonesia are trading higher.
Nikkei 225 down by 352.65 points, 1.86% to 18,564.36, Straits Times narrowed by 31.54 points or 1.27% to 2,449.69, Hang Seng slipped by 218.07 points or 0.92% to 23,385.41, Taiwan Weighted dipped by 29.93 points or 0.31% to 9,678.13, KOSPI Index curtailed by 12.72 points or 0.72% to 1,741.92, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI diminished by 10.38 points or 0.77% to 1,340.51.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite enlarged by 16.41 points or 0.36% to 4,555.34, and Shanghai up by 8.36 points or 0.30% to 2,758.66.
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