Asian markets end mostly in red on Thursday

31 Mar 2022 Evaluate

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

1,587.364.140.26

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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