Asian markets end mostly higher of Monday

03 Jan 2022 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday in spite of weakness in Wall Street last Friday. Many markets including China and Japan closed for holidays. Seoul shares gained as retail and foreign investors bought stocks after strong manufacturing and exports data. While activity in South Korea's factories expanded at its fastest pace in three months in December, the country's exports rose 25.8 percent in 2021 from the previous year to reach an all-time high, separate reports showed. However, Johns Hopkins University data showed that Omicron worries remained with the global number of cases topping 290 million as of January 3. Hong Kong shares declined on fresh fears about the health of China's property market after shares of Evergrande Group were suspended trading in Hong Kong amid the company's huge debt crisis, the company doesn’t give any reason for the trading suspension. Meanwhile, investors are also awaited China's Caixin manufacturing and service PMIs due later in the week for directional cues.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %    

Shanghai Composite

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Hang Seng

23,274.75
-122.92
-0.53

Jakarta Composite

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KLSE Composite

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Nikkei 225

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Straits Times

3,134.25
10.57
0.34

KOSPI Composite

2,988.77
11.12
0.37

Taiwan Weighted

18,270.51
51.67
0.28


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