Asian markets ended mixed on Wednesday amid profit taking following weakness in Wall Street overnight, while investors are hopeful for the global economic recovery despite risks from the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and tightening monetary policy. Chinese shares dropped in cautious trade as Chinese city of Xian entered its seventh day of lockdown with tighter restrictions after 151 cases reported for Tuesday. Japanese stocks closed lower in thin year-end trade. Fall in US futures shares also pushed down the Japanese market.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,597.00 | -33.11 | -0.91 |
Hang Seng | 23,086.54 | -194.02 | -0.83 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,600.68 | 2.34 | 0.04 |
KLSE Composite | 1,500.32 | 7.73 | 0.52 |
Nikkei 225 | 28,906.88 | -162.28 | -0.56 |
Straits Times | 3,138.02 | 9.61 | 0.31 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,993.29 | -26.95 | -0.89 |
Taiwan Weighted | 18,248.28 | 51.47 | 0.28 |
