Asian Markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Wednesday

15 Sep 2021 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Wednesday, in tandem with the negative trend in Wall Street amid rising spread of covid infections. Moreover, caution ahead to US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting also kept the investments limited. Technological shares are almost flat, while banking sector stocks in red. Oil stocks also down despite significant rise in crude oil price rates. Japan’s Nikkei retreated snapping fourth straight sessional gain, due to profit taking and on weak Wall Street overnight. The country is still struggling with its rapid rise in domestic coronavirus infections. However, optimism that new government will introduce new stimulus measures to stem the country limited losses. On the global front, Wall Street eased with weakness in Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq. While, the major European markets ended the day mixed. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Malaysia are in decreasing trend. Bucking the trend, South Korea and China moved higher.

Nikkei 225 down by 131.14 points or 0.43% to 30,538.96, Straight times dipped by 20.16 points or 0.65% to 3,060.21, Taiwan Weighted lower by 66.84 points or 0.38% to 17,368.06, Jakarta Composite trimmed by 29.24 points 0.48 to 6,117.40, Hang Seng shrunk by 242.57 points or 0.95% to 25,259.66 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI diminished by 4.14 points or 0.27% to 1,551.37.

On the flip side, KOSPI rose by 12.41 points or 0.39% to 3,161.24 and Shanghai Composite enlarged by 11.26 points or 0.31% to 3,673.86.

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