Asian Markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Friday

21 Jan 2022 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in red in early deals on Friday, encumbered over the precarious post pandemic recovery followed by weaker the expected corporate earnings, temporary production halts with the Omicron variant led corona infections, surge in US jobless claims to a three month high level and on geo-political tensions with the growing apprehension between Russia and Ukraine. The market sentiments also got dampened with the hefty correction in tech sector in line with the slide in technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 overnight. Moreover, investments got hampered on worries over interest rate hike by US Federal Reserve and on a possible reduction of its $8.8 trillion balance sheet, for the US Central Bank is ought to meet next week. Japan’s Nikkei retreated in the session amid record surge in covid cases. The Bank of Japan in its most recent meeting has trimmed its pandemic related funding measures, ending the additional purchases of CP and corporate bonds at the end of March 2022 as scheduled, and also maintained the interest rate at -0.1% on current accounts that financial institutions maintain at the central bank. The regulatory crackdown on Chinese tech companies also weighed risk sentiments in the session. 

Nikkei 225 tumbled by 408.76 points or 1.47% to 27,364.17, Straight times dipped by 2.09 points or 0.06% to 3,292.73, Hang Seng slipped by 186.09 points or 0.75% to 24,766.26, Taiwan Weighted narrowed by 301.28 points or 1.65% to 17,917.00, KOSPI curtailed by 40.16 points or 1.40% to 2,822.52, Shanghai Composite shrunk by 29.68 points or 0.83% to 3,525.38, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lower by 3.99 points or 0.26% to 1,523.76

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite climbed by 35.87 points or 0.54% to 6,662.74.

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