Asian Markets trade in red in early deals on Wednesday

14 Jul 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Wednesday, with the risk aversion followed by the report that US inflation continued to surge in month of June at the fastest pace in 13 years and on lingering concerns over the spread of highly contagious delta variant of corona virus. Technical stocks saw some edging up after previous sessional losses, while financial sector shares were mostly down. Crude oil prices rose sharply on Tuesday amid expectations of sharp dip in crude stockpiles last week. Japan’s Nikkei tumbled after previous sessional gains with the benchmark Nikkei index is trading below the 28,700 level, as the market sentiments dulled with the concerns over spike in the new wave of coronavirus cases, particularly in Olympic city Tokyo. Moreover, negative trend in Wall street overnight also kept Asian indices in negative territory. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia China and Malaysia, are trading lower.

Nikkei 225 down by 92.13 points or 0.32% to 28,626.11, Straits Times narrowed 5.64 points or 0.18% to 3,161.17, Hang Seng lower by 161.94 points or 0.58% to 27,801.47, Taiwan Weighted slipped by 13.13 points or 0.07% to 17,834.39, KOSPI dipped 11.34 points or 0.35% to 3,260.04, Jakarta Composite curtailed by 50.35 points 0.84% to 5,961.68, Shanghai Composite shrunk by 29.26 points or 0.82% to 3,537.26 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI subdued by 2.97 points 0.20% to 1,516.59.

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