Asian Markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Wednesday

24 Nov 2021 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Wednesday, as the market sentiments got dulled with the fresh lockdown measures in several countries with the resurgence in covid cases. Hefty sell off in technological sector and mining shares also saddled equity investments. Although, banking stocks were in positive side. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan fell 0.25%. Though, advancing Wall Street index with the gains in benchmark 10-year US Treasury yield followed by President Joe Biden’s announcement about re-nomination of Jerome Powell  Federal Reserve chair limited some losses. Japan’s Nikkei tumbled in the session, as technological stocks and some growth oriented stocks retreated in the session. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea and China are in negative territory. Bucking the trend, Singapore and Malaysia are trading higher.

Nikkei 225 down by 494.42 points or 1.66% to 29,279.69, Hang Seng dipped by 15.72 points or 0.06% to 24,635.86, , KOSPI narrowed by 11.73 points or 0.39% to 2,985.60, Taiwan Weighted alleviated by 46.89 points or 0.27 to 17,619.23, Jakarta Composite diminished by 1.73 points or 0.03% to 6,676.15, Shanghai Composite fell by 3.44 points or 0.10% to 3,585.65.

On the flip side, Straight times rose by 4.68 points or 0.15% to 3,232.21 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up by 0.72points or 0.05% to 1,523.60.

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