Asian Markets trade mixed in early deals on Wednesday

17 Nov 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded mixed in early deals on Wednesday, as the looming fears about global economic health amid soaring inflation, supply chain chaos and tight labour market weighed down the sentiments. Moreover, better than expected US retail data rekindled fears about the pace of interest-rate rises. Technological stocks are mostly higher, and banking sector in negative trend. Japan’s Nikkei extended losses to the fifth straight session, though it opened in green. Sluggish domestic data also weighed down the market sentiments. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Malaysia are in negative side. However, Indonesia, Taiwan and China are trading higher.

Nikkei 225 down by 81.78 points or 0.27% to 29,726.34, Straight times slipped by 10.16 points or 0.31% to 3,228.64, Hang Seng dipped by 66.56 points or 0.26% to 25,647.22, KOSPI lower by 33.96 points or 1.13% to 2,963.25, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI narrowed by 0.90 points or 0.06% to 1,521.99.

On the flip side, and Jakarta Composite enlarged by 9.33 points or 0.14% to 6,660.54,  Taiwan Weighted lifted by 35.82 points or 0.20 to 17,728.95 and Shanghai Composite up by 11.28 points or 0.32% to 3,533.07.

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