The Asian markets have made a mixed start with some of the indices marginally trading in green, there is gloom in tech shares after disappointing earnings results from Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Foreign direct investment in China fell for the 10th time in 11 months. The Ministry of Commerce reported that spending fell 6.8 percent from a year earlier to $8.43 billion, while Investment in the first nine months of the year dropped 3.8 percent to $83.4 billion compared with a drop of 3.4 percent in the first eight months. There was also report that Chinese government may not provide big economic stimulus measures, weighing down the sentiments. Japanese market was down though exporters rose on the yen’s seven-day advance against the dollar.
Shanghai Composite was marginally down by 1.54 points or 0.07% to 2,130.15, Jakarta Composite was down by 13.68 points or 0.31% to 4,343.29, Nikkei 225 was lower by 12.30 points or 0.14% to 8,970.56, Straits Times declined by 9.27 points or 0.30% to 3,051.09, Kospi Composite plunged by 16.28 points or 0.83% to 1,942.84 and Taiwan Weighted lost 48.28 points or 0.65% to 7,417.13.
On the other hand Hang Seng gained 26.09 points or 0.12% to 21,544.80 and KLSE Composite added 2.65 points or 0.14% to 1,667.78.
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