Asian markets went home on mixed note following weak US manufacturing data and renewed fears over U.S. economic outlook. However, Hong Kong and Shanghai rebounded from the previous day's losses and ended with green mark. Nikkei came off the previous session gains and closed lower, as exporters came under pressure from a bout of profit taking sparked by the weak U.S. data. Moreover, South Korea market ended in negative territory with Posco declining by 1.9%.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 1,975.14 | 15.38 | 0.78 |
Hang Seng | 21,799.97 | 32.12 | 0.15 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,269.65 | -32.79 | -0.76 |
KLSE Composite | 1,607.61 | 0.26 | 0.02 |
Nikkei 225 | 9,432.46 | -25.72 | -0.27 |
Straits Times | 3,062.12 | -3.62 | -0.12 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,935.18 | -4.84 | -0.25 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,600.98 | 1.07 | 0.01 |
