Asian markets ended mostly lower on Monday as market sentiments were weighed down by concerns over U.S. fiscal crisis along with Greece's bailout, which spoiled optimism over world’s largest economy’s growth prospects. However Hong Kong and mainland Chinese stock markets closed in positive territory following Chinese Cabinet officials’ comments that the country’s economic slowdown has ended, although the economy is not ready to stage a recovery, and that exporters still face tough conditions. Japan’s Nikkei touched four-week low as the exporting nation registered its worst September trade figures for 30 years as exports slumped.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,079.27 | 10.21 | 0.49 |
Hang Seng | 21,430.30 | 45.92 | 0.21 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,318.59 | -15.05 | -0.35 |
KLSE Composite | 1,637.59 | -3.49 | -0.21 |
Nikkei 225 | 8,676.44 | -81.16 | -0.93 |
Straits Times | 3,007.57 | -1.99 | -0.07 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,900.87 | -3.54 | -0.19 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,267.75 | -25.47 | -0.35 |
