Asian markets ended mostly lower on Tuesday after a warning from drugmaker Moderna CEO that existing Covid-19 vaccines would be less effective against the Omicron variant than they have been against the Delta variant. South Korean shares declined on disappointing factory output data and continuance of corona virus curbs. However, Chinese shares ended up as a jump in manufacturing PMI curbed hopes of policy easing. The official manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) was at 50.1 in November, up from 49.2 in October.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,563.89 | 1.19 | 0.03 |
Hang Seng | 23,475.26 | -376.98 | -1.58 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,533.93 | -74.36 | -1.13 |
KLSE Composite | 1,513.98 | 3.41 | 0.23 |
Nikkei 225 | 27,821.76 | -462.16 | -1.63 |
Straits Times | 3,041.29 | -79.29 | -2.54 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,839.01 | -70.31 | -2.42 |
Taiwan Weighted | 17,427.76 | 99.67 | 0.58 |