Asian Markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Monday

19 Jul 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Monday, due to wilting investor confidence with the accelerating spread of the delta variant of the coronavirus across the world, which might curtail the pace of the global economic recovery from the pandemic. Moreover, mixed US retail sales data and an unexpected slump in US consumer sentiment in July also dulled the sentiments. Japan’s Nikkei extended losses for the fourth straight session in tandem with the negative cues from Wall Street on Friday. The investors in the country side lined after the Tokyo Olympics participants have tested positive, in wake of the surge in the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus variants. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and China are trading lower .Bucking the trend, Malaysia is in positive territory.

Nikkei 225 down by 414.40 points or 1.48% to 27,588.68, Straits Times slipped by 26.67 points or 0.85% to 3,125.63, Hang Seng dipped by 446.26 points or 1.59% to 27,558.42, Taiwan Weighted lower by 100.33 points or 0.56% to 17,794.92, KOSPI narrowed 31.83 points or 0.97% to 3,245.08, Jakarta Composite shrunk by 40.83 points 0.67% to 6,031.68 and Shanghai Composite curtailed by 11.14 points or 0.31% to 3,528.16 . 

On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up by 4.23 points or 0.28% to 1,526.71.

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