Asian Markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Friday

30 Jul 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Friday, due to risk aversion after the fears over global economic health reignited following weaker than expected US economic data and on accelerating spread of coronavirus delta variant. Technological and energy sector stocks plunged in the session. Oil shares are in weaker note despite stronger crude oil overnight. Japan’s Nikkei retreated from its previous session gains with the continued worries about  restrictions in economic activity amid the spike in the recent fresh wave of COVID-19 infections. The government on Friday proposed states of emergency in three prefectures near Olympic host city Tokyo as well as Osaka Prefecture through August 31 as COVID-19 cases spike to records around the country. The capital announced a record 3,865 daily infections on Thursday, with daily cases nationwide topping 10,000 for the first time. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Malaysia are in negative territory. Bucking the trend, Singapore and Indonesia are trading in higher note

Nikkei 225 down by 453.88 points or 1.63% to 27,328.54, Hang Seng narrowed by 553.30 points or 2.10% to 25,762.02, Taiwan Weighted slipped by 62.80 points or 0.36% to 17,340.01, KOSPI lower by 31.41 points or 0.97% to 3,211.24, Shanghai Composite widened by 18.12 points or 0.53% to 3,393.60 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI curtailed by $9.50 points or 0.63% to 1,503.43.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite up by 14.84 points 0.24% to 6,135.57, and Straits Times rose by 2.05 points or 0.06% to 3,182.66.

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