The Asian markets have made a soft start and many of them are trading lower by over half a percent, tailing the decline in US markets overnight after Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that failure to prevent the so-called fiscal cliff in the US would increase the risk of a global recession. Japanese market was leading the losers pack, down by about a percent as yen strengthened against all of its 16 major peers as fiscal cliff concern in US has boosted demand for safe-haven assets. Chinese market too continued its southbound journey and the benchmark index was dragged to its lowest level since 2009, as trading activity slumped on growth concern.
Shanghai Composite was down by 12.91 points or 0.65% to 1,978.25, Hang Seng plunged by 157.08 points or 0.72% to 21,686.95, Jakarta Composite lost 26.93 points or 0.63% to 4,308.88, Nikkei 225 declined by 79.37 points or 0.84% to 9,343.93, Straits Times lost 6.57 points or 0.23% to 3,004.39, Seoul Composite was down by 15.23 points or 0.81% to 1,909.86 and Taiwan Weighted was trading lower by 17.88 points or 0.25% to 7,411.96.
On the other hand KLSE Composite was the lone gainer, up by 2.35 points or 0.14% to 1,600.63.
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