Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red on Friday, in line with the weak cues from Wall Street and on tightening tensions between US-China. Investor sentiments also weighed in line with rerpot that China is not setting GDP target for 2020, due to the uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Stock market in Hong Kong tumbled after China announced plans to impose a national security law on the city, which threatened to further escalate tension between Washington and Beijing. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia are in positive territory. However, Singapore, Hong Kong and China are lower. Meanwhile, the market in Indonesia is closed for holidays.
Hang Seng tumble by 1,285.67 points or 5.30% to 22,994.36, Nikkei 225 down by 190.69 points, 0.93% to 20,361.62, Straits Times dipped by 54.90 points or 2.15% to 2,500.44, Taiwan Weighted slipped 190.13 points or 1.73% to 10,818.18, KOSPI Index diminished by 35.75 points or 1.79% to 1,962.56, Shanghai lowered 57.94 points or 2.02% to 2,809.98,and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dragged by 8.49 points or 0.58% to 1,443.62.
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