Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded lower in early deals on Monday, as the investor sentiments got saddled by the concerns over Western countries’ set of economic sanctions and flight bans on Russia followed by invasion of Russia in Ukraine and threats of nuclear deployment. Meanwhile, imminent peace talk between Russia and Ukraine at near the Belarusian border, limited some losses. The West's seeming unwillingness to target Russia's energy sector has aided in curtailing worries about a spike in oil and gas prices fuelling further inflation. Japanese stocks shrunk counting on the economic ramifications of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Moreover, industrial output in Japan shrunk by 1.3% on January, down from projected 0.7%. And on yearly basis it fell by 0.9 %, than the expected 0.5%. Albeit, output is expected surge 5.7% on February and 0.1 % in March. Stock markets of Indonesia and Taiwan are closed for a holiday.
Nikkei 225 down by 80.89 points or 0.31% to 26,395.61, Hang Seng dipped by 315.02 points or 1.38% to 22,452.16, Straight times slipped by 69.51 points or 2.11% to 3,224.96, and Shanghai Composite shrunk by 4.97 points or 0.14% to 3,446.44.
Bucking the trend, KOSPI buoyed by 2.97 points or 0.11% to 2,679.73, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI jumped by 10.59 points or 0.68% to 1,562.10.
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