Asian markets ended mostly in red on Thursday tracking weakness in Wall Street overnight as optimism around the peace talks between Ukraine and Russia faded and concerns grew over the prospect of rapid rise in interest rates hurting US economic growth. Chinese shares settled lower amidst drop in China's PMI readings following the shutdown of much of Shanghai and two smaller industrial cities to fight the Covid-19 outbreak. Data showed that the purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector fell to 49.5 in March from 50.2 in the previous month and below expectations of 49.9. While, the PMI for China's non-manufacturing sector suffered a sharper drop to 48.4 in March, from the previous reading of 51.6.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,252.20 | -14.40 | -0.44 |
Hang Seng | 21,996.85 | -235.18 | -1.06 |
Jakarta Composite | 7,071.44 | 18.25 | 0.26 |
KLSE Composite | 1,587.36 | 4.14 | 0.26 |
Nikkei 225 | 27,821.43 | -205.82 | -0.73 |
Straits Times | 3,408.52 | -34.09 | -0.99 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,757.65 | 10.91 | 0.40 |
Taiwan Weighted | 17,693.47 | -47.09 | -0.27 |
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