Asian Markets trade mixed in early deals on Friday

18 Jun 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded mixed in early deals on Friday, with the cautious trade amid hawkish stance of Fed Reserve, and hiking covid-19 cases in the region. Losses remained trimmed with the strong buying in technological sector stocks in line with the tech-heavy Nasdaq. Banking sector shares were mostly lower in the session, while oil shares lost in the session amid weaker rude oil rates overnight. Crude oil and gold rates declined after dollar got stronger. Japan’s Nikkei rebounded after two straight sessional losses, with the benchmark just above the 29,000 level. The index had climbed a high of 29,136.74 earlier in the session. Gains however trimmed as traders side lined ahead to the Bank of Japan's interest rate decision later in the day. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and China are in negative trend. Bucking the trend, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia are trading higher.   

Straits Times down 8.16 points or 0.26% to 3,130.15, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 110.43 points 1.82% to 5,958.02, Taiwan Weighted lower by 27.73 points or 0.16 to 17,362.88, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 17.31 points or 0.49% to 3,508.29 

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 up by 3.83 points or 0.01% to 29,022.16, Hang Seng rose by 169.55 points or 0.59% to 28,728.14, KOSPI climbed 4.95 points or 0.15% to 3,269.91, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI widened by 2.03 points 0.13% to 1,572.89.

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