Asian markets ended mixed on Tuesday tracking Wall Street's overnight losses as investors’ awaited direction from US corporate earnings, while concerns over surging corona-virus cases too dented the market sentiment. Japanese shares declined amid fears that possible reintroduction of Covid-19 lockdowns in the country, which could dampen the pace of economic recovery. Meanwhile, Chinese central bank (PBoC) kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged, as widely expected. The one-year loan prime rate was retained at 3.85 percent and the five-year loan prime rate also was unchanged at 4.65 percent.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,472.94 | -4.61 | -0.13 |
Hang Seng | 29,135.73 | 29.58 | 0.10 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,038.32 | -14.22 | -0.23 |
KLSE Composite | 1,607.57 | 7.28 | 0.45 |
Nikkei 225 | 29,100.38 | -584.99 | -1.97 |
Straits Times | 3,192.17 | -17.55 | -0.55 |
KOSPI Composite | 3,220.70 | 21.86 | 0.68 |
Taiwan Weighted | 17,323.87 | 60.59 | 0.35 |
