Asian Markets trade in red in early deals on Friday

26 Feb 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Friday, in line with the sharp decline in US stocks overnight amid inflation worries with the surging government bond yields, which could hurt high-growth companies reliant on easy borrowing. Oil shares are declining with the overnight dip of crude oil. Profit booking after previous session sharp gains also caused hefty sell off in the session. Japan’s Nikkei retreated sharply driven by a massive selloff in major technology shares, and as exports curtailed with the firmer yen. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, South Korea, China and Malaysia are in bearish trend.

Nikkei 225 down by 1,007.79 points or 3.34% to 29,160.48, Straits Times lost by 28.81 points or 0.97% to 2,944.73, Hang Seng declined by 771.48 points or 2.57% to 29,346.39, Taiwan Weighted lower 422.18 points or 2.57% to 16,030.00, KOSPI Index slipped 101.97 points or 3.29% to 2,997.72, Jakarta Composite fell by 83.65 points or 1.33% to 6,206.00, Shanghai Composite dropped by 66.52 points or 1.86% to 3,518.53, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI weakened by 3.78 points 0.24% to 1,577.76.

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