The Asian markets have made a mixed start, some of the indices are trading in red though few have recovered from their early fall taking cues from US economy which grew more than expected. Japanese market was up ahead of the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting tomorrow, while there was some somberness in the Hong Kong market, as developers slid on a new real estate tax. In one of the government's boldest moves yet, Hong Kong has levied a new 15% tax on property purchases made by foreigners. The rules also apply to local and non local companies as buyers. The Chinese market too was trading lower despite the National Bureau of Statistics report that industrial net income rose 7.8 percent from a year earlier to 464.3 billion yuan.
Shanghai Composite was down by 2.49 points or 0.12% to 2,063.72, Hang Seng lost 59.45 points or 0.28% to 21,486.12, Jakarta Composite was marginally down by 6.15 points or 0.14% to 4,333.10, Straits Times declined by 9.31 points or 0.30% to 3,048.20 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 2.52 points or 0.04% to 7,131.94.
On the other hand KLSE Composite was up by 3.12 points or 0.19% to 1,675.45, Nikkei 225 gained 21.81 points or 0.24% to 8,954.87 and Kospi Composite was up by 4.43 points or 0.24% to 1,912.76.
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