Asian markets ended mostly lower on Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund has downgraded its 2021 economic growth forecast for Asia to 6.5%, down 1.1% point from its projection made in April, as a spike in Delta variant cases hit consumption and factory output. However, it raised the economic growth outlook for 2022. Chinese shares declined amid lingering concerns around monetary policies and Evergrande Group's debt crisis. Although, China's central bank PBoC kept its benchmark Loan Prime Rate (LPR) unchanged for the 18th consecutive month. The one-year LPR remained at 3.85% and five-year LPR at 4.65%, the bank said. Japanese shares ended marginally higher following gains in Wall Street overnight, but they gave up most gains after data showed the country's export growth weakened to its slowest in seven months in September.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,587.00 | -6.15 | -0.17 |
Hang Seng | 26,136.02 | 348.81 | 1.35 |
Jakarta Composite | - | - | - |
KLSE Composite | 1,606.32 | 0.35 | 0.02 |
Nikkei 225 | 29,255.55 | 40.03 | 0.14 |
Straits Times | 3,198.08 | -0.93 | -0.03 |
KOSPI Composite | 3,013.13 | -15.91 | -0.53 |
Taiwan Weighted | 16,887.82 | -12.85 | -0.08 |
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