Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower on Monday, weighed on the negative cues from Wall Street in last session. Market sentiments also dulled with the intensified Sino -US tensions after reports that the US government is considering adding China's largest chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp or SMIC to a trade blacklist. Japan's Nikkei is in weaker side as investors sideline ahead of preliminary July results for its leading and coincident indexes today. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia are in negative trend. Bucking the trend, Singapore, and South Korea are trading up.
Nikkei 225 down by 112.98 points, 0.49% to 23,092.45, Hang Seng dipped by 30.25 points or 0.12% to 24,665.20, Taiwan Weighted diminished 61.29 points or 0.48% to 12,576.66, Jakarta Composite lower by 6.90 points or 0.13% to 5,232.95, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI narrowed by 0.53 points or 0.03% to 1,515.33
On the flip side, Straits Times up by 4.27 points 0.17% to 2,513.91, and KOSPI Index lifted by 14.72 points or 0.62% to 2,382.97.
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