Asian Markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Tuesday

14 Dec 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Tuesday, as the investors side lined ahead to the key Federal Reserve policy meeting, which is expected to glean insights on its stimulus tapering measures. The European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan are also scheduled to announce their monetary policies this week. Moreover, concerns surrounding peaking number of Omicron coronavirus variant infections accelerated in the context of report by World Health Organization which referred the virus' potential ability to evade immunity provided by antibodies, also dulled market sentiments. Technological sector was mixed, while financial stocks and energy shares were down. Japan’s Nikkei trimmed some of its previous sessional gains due to concerns over economic health of the country amid Omicron spread in the country.  Japan’s major exports were lower with strength in yen. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, China, Indonesia and Malaysia are trading negative. Bucking the trend, Singapore is in positive territory.
  
Nikkei 225 down by 223.45 points or 0.78% to 28,417.04, Hang Seng slipped by 290.57 points or 1.21% to 23,664.01, KOSPI shrunk by 11.31 points or 0.38% to 2,990.35, Taiwan Weighted narrowed by 194.46 points or 1.09% to 17,573.14, Jakarta Composite curtailed by 53.87 points or 0.81% to 6,609.00, Shanghai Composite trimmed by 15.55 points or 0.42% to 3,665.53, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lower by 7.50 points or 0.50% to 1,487.36.

On the flip side, Straight times up by 2.41 points or 0.08% to 3,122.36.

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