Asian Markets trade lower in early deals on Wednesday

16 Jun 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Wednesday, in a choppy trade as the investors cautiously side lined ahead to the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week. Moreover, lingering concerns over global economic health with the continuing rise of covid-19 cases in the region also dulled the sentiments. Most of the banking, technological shares are in negative pace. Gold miners also subdued with the plunge in yellow metal rates. Japan’s Nikkei is retreating with the weak trend in Wall street overnight. The benchmark held just below 29300 level, with the weak exporters amid stronger yen. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, China are in negative trend. Bucking the trend, South Korea, and Taiwan and Malaysia are trading higher.  

Nikkei 225 down by 165.57 points or 0.56% to 29,275.73, Straits Times dipped 22.22 points or 0.70% to 3,152.65, Hang Seng slipped by 65.18 points or 0.23% to 28,573.35, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 1.11 points or 0.02% to 6,087.93, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 27.45 points or 0.77% to 3,529.11.

On the flip side, KOSPI up 16.80 points or 0.52% to 3,275.43, Taiwan Weighted higher by 0.02 points or 0.001 to 17,371.31 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose by 1.41 points 0.09% to 1,582.78.

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