Asian markets end mostly lower on Wednesday

17 Mar 2021 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly lower on Wednesday, tracking Wall Street, as investors looked ahead to the Federal Reserve's monetary policy announcement due out later in the day. Chinese market ended marginally lower as the US sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city. Further, Japanese markets ended a choppy session little changed after trade data for February showed the country's exports dropped 4.5 percent year-on-year in February.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,445.55

-1.18

-0.03

Hang Seng

29,034.12

6.43

0.02

Jakarta Composite

6,277.23

-32.47

-0.51

KLSE Composite

1,624.97

1.01

0.06

Nikkei 225

29,914.33

-6.76

-0.02

Straits Times

3,109.65

4.14

0.13

KOSPI Composite

3,047.50

-19.67

-0.64

Taiwan Weighted

16,215.82

-97.34

-0.60


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