Asian markets trade in red in early deals on Friday

26 Nov 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Friday saddled by the reports that a new coronavirus variant was identified by scientists in South Africa, igniting more worries about global economic rebound.  Looming concerns over inflation and anticipations about faster monetary policy tightening in the US also added risk aversion. Shanghai fell as a handful of local Covid-19 cases in eastern parts of China have prompted Shanghai city to limit tourism activities and a nearby city cut public transport. Japan’s Nikkei also fell modestly as investors went wary with the detection of a new and possibly vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant.

Nikkei 225 down by 819.82 points or 2.78% to 28,679.46, Straight times dipped by 42.74 points or 1.33% to 3,178.78, Hang Seng curtailed by 526.61 points or 2.13% to 24,213.55, Taiwan Weighted shrunk by 294.12 points or 1.67 to 17,360.07, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 96.26 points or 1.44% to 6,603.09, KOSPI diminished by 36.94 points or 1.24% to 2,943.33, Shanghai Composite fell by 18.00 points or 0.50% to 3,566.18, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lowered by 6.39 points or 0.42% to 1,511.21.

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