Asian markets end lower on Friday

24 Apr 2020 Evaluate

Asian markets ended lower on Friday. Japanese shares declined by tracking lackluster cues overnight from Wall Street after reports that Gilead Sciences' experimental corona virus drug remdesivir flopped in its first randomized clinical trial. Traders also considered the implications of a Nikkei report that the Bank of Japan may replace its government bond-purchase target to allow unlimited buying. Further, Chinese shares ended lower amid lingering corona virus worries, but some losses were limited as Chinese central bank (PBOC) cut the interest rate on its targeted medium-term lending facility to support the world's second-largest economy.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2,808.53
-29.97
-1.06

Hang Seng

23,831.33
-145.99
-0.61

Jakarta Composite

4,496.06
-97.49
-2.12

KLSE Composite

1,369.85

-11.79

-0.85

Nikkei 225

19,262.00
-167.44
-0.86

Straits Times

2,518.16
-24.21
-0.95

KOSPI Composite

1,889.01
-25.72
-1.34

Taiwan Weighted

10,347.36
-19.15
-0.18  

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