Asian markets trade in red in early deals on Friday

04 Sep 2020 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower on Friday, due to profit booking in technological shares which was overvalued over past several weeks. Sharp correction in Wall Street ahead of the release of the closely-watched US monthly jobs report for August also dampened the market sentiments. Oil shares dipped with the tumble in crude oil rates overnight. Japan's Nikkei eased as exporting weighed on by the stronger safe-haven yen and on liquidation after Thursday’s rally in Japanese stocks which marked a six-month high level. Among the Asian markets, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong China, Indonesia and Malaysia are in downward trend.

Nikkei 225 down by 296.38 points, 1.26% to 23,169.15, Straits Times decreased by 35.85 points 1.42% to 2,495.94, Hang Seng dipped by 456.42 points or 1.83% to 24,551.18, Taiwan Weighted shrunk 127.56 points 1.00 % to 12,630.41, KOSPI Index diminished by 27.29 points or 1.14% to 2,368.61, Jakarta Composite dropped by 70.86 points or 1.34% to 5,209.95, Shanghai lower 46.84 points or 1.38% to 3,338.14, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI narrowed by 2.50 points or 0.16% to 1,512.90.

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