Asian Markets trade mostly lower in early deals on Wednesday

29 Dec 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Wednesday, weighed down by the negative cues from Wall Street overnight with the hefty selloff in the Megacap tech stocks. Liquidation after market’s rebound on easing concerns over impact of Omicron infection surge also limited position taking. Technological sector stocks were majorly down, while banking sector was mixed. Japan’s Nikkei retreated on profit taking after previous session’s sharp gains and as the woes over Omicron variant continues with the community transmission beyond Japan’s major cities. Nikkei witnessed sharp losses in Renova Inc by about 30% and Kohoku Kogyo stock dipped by 6.3%. While KOSPI topped losses in the session. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, South Korea, China and Malaysia are in negative note. Bucking the trend Singapore and Taiwan are higher.

Nikkei 225 down by 215.16 points or 0.74% to 28,854.00, Hang Seng slipped by 204.77 points or 0.88% to 23,075.79, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 7.72 points or 0.12% to 6,590.62, KOSPI dipped by 28.67 points or 0.95% to 2,991.57, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 28.57 points or 0.79% to 3,601.54, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lower by 1.60 points or 0.10% to 1,538.29.

On the flip side, Straight times up by 7.25 points or 0.23% to 3,135.66, and Taiwan Weighted lifted by 38.24 points or 0.21% to 18,235.05.

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