Asian Markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Wednesday

19 Jan 2022 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Wednesday, pressured by the negative cues from Wall Street overnight for the Omicron coronavirus infection world-wide is rising in an alarming rate. Additionally, firmer US Treasury bond yields and indications by Federal Reserve to tighten the crisis-driven monetary policy also dulled the investor sentiments. Japan’s Nikkei dipped sharply lower saddled by the hefty sell off in technological shares. Besides, projection report of the country on rising inflationary pressures amid unchanged interest rates also cautioned market players. Significant losers in the session are Sony with loss of 9% and Murata Manufacturing with 6.4% dip. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China are trading negative. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong is trading higher

Nikkei 225 tumble by 625.89 points or 2.21% to 27,631.36, Straight times slipped by 0.33 points or 0.01% to 3,279.71, Taiwan Weighted dipped by 155.81 points or 0.85% to 18,222.83, KOSPI narrowed by 19.41 points or 0.68% to 2,844.83, Jakarta Composite shrunk by 4.43 points or 0.07% to 6,609.63, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 10.22 points or 0.29% to 3,559.69, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lower by 13.84 points or 0.90% to 1,529.08.

On the flip side, Hang Seng up by 4.48 points or 0.02% to 24,117.26.

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