Asian markets settled mostly lower on Friday, followed by overnight sell-off in Wall Street as surging US inflation fuelled worries about bets for more aggressive interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. Data showed that consumer prices surged an annual 7.5 percent last month, marking the biggest annual increase in inflation in 40 years. Meanwhile, St. Louis Federal Reserve President James Bullard said the data had made him dramatically more hawkish and he would prefer a 50-bps rate hike in March and wants a full percentage point of interest rate hikes by July 1. Chinese markets closed lower as Shares and bonds of Chinese property developer Zhenro Properties declined heavily on redemption worries. Japanese markets were closed for National Foundation Day holiday.
Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,462.95 | -22.96 | -0.66 |
Hang Seng | 24,906.66 | -17.69 | -0.07 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,815.61 | -8.03 | -0.12 |
KLSE Composite | 1,578.89 | 8.79 | 0.56 |
Nikkei 225 | -- | -- | -- |
Straits Times | 3,421.57 | -6.43 | -0.19 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,747.71 | -24.22 | -0.87 |
Taiwan Weighted | 18,310.94 | -27.11 | -0.15 |
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