Asian Markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Wednesday

27 Oct 2021 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Wednesday, encumbered by the risk aversion in the market due to worries over intensified Sino-US conflicts, and on surging inflationary pressure in the global market with the looming supply chain chaos. Moreover, caution ahead to key Central Bank meetings also side lined major investments. Additionally, property developers are under selling pressure after Modern Land missed a bond payment, adding to worries about wider effects of the debt crisis at behemoth China Evergrande Group. Japan’s Nikkei retreated from previous sessional gains due to concerns ahead of the general elections this weekend and announcements from the Bank of Japan's ongoing Monetary Policy Meetings. Meanwhile, the major European indices also gained in the session. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan and China are trading in red. Bucking the trend, Singapore and Malaysia are in positive territory.

Nikkei 225 down by 116.44 points or 0.40% to 28,989.57, Hang Seng curtailed by 396.26 points or 1.52% to 25,642.01, KOSPI dipped by 24.72 points or 0.81% to 3,024.36, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 51.50 points or 0.77% to 6,605.44, Taiwan Weighted shrunk by 14.17 points or 0.08% to 17,020.17, and Shanghai Composite dropped by 32.93 points or 0.92% to 3,564.71.

On the flip side, Straight times up by 15.87 points or 0.50% to 3,220.44, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose by 1.04 points or 0.07% to 1,585.24.

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