Asian Markets trade in red in early deals on Friday

01 Oct 2021 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Friday, as the concerns over inflation, plunge in US employment figures for the week and accelerated worries over Evergrande situation saddled market’s risk appetite. Continued acceleration in number of cases of COVID-19 and deaths also weighed down the market sentiments. Technological sector stocks is facing hefty sell off in the session, while banking sectors also wilted. Japan’s Nikkei fell for the fifth consecutive session, leading losses. Nikkei fell amid fears that the China’s power crunch might radically hit Toyota's production and supply chain. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.92% lower. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia are trading in red. China’s Shanghai was closed for a public holiday.

Nikkei 225 down by 740.60 points or 2.51% to 28,712.06, Straight times slipped by 35.53 points or 1.15% to 3,051.17, Jakarta Composite dipped by 48.00 points or 0.76% to 6,238.94, Hang Seng reduced by 87.86 points or 0.36% to 24,575.64, Taiwan Weighted lower by 368.61 points or 2.18% to 16,566.16, and KOSPI shrunk by 43.62 points or 1.42% to 3,025.20, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI fell by $7.26 points or 0.47% to 1,530.54.

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