After two consecutive sessions of rally, Asian markets exhibited profit booking with most of the regional peers were trading in the red as global risk appetite remained frail after several Federal Reserve officials expressed concerns about continuing to expand stimulative bond buying in the Thursday’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meet. However, Japan stock market, which resumed trading after long winter-break, was trading 2.61 per cent higher on the back of the tumbling yen.
Shanghai Composite dipped 4.88 points or 0.21% to 2,264.25, Hang Seng dropped 174.57 points or 0.75% to 23,224.03, KLSE Composite slipped 2.46 points or 0.15% to 1,690.19, Straits Times declined 4.64 points or 0.14% to 3,220.16, KOSPI Composite contracted 16.89 points or 0.84% to 2,002.52 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 53.76 points or 0.69% to 7,783.08.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite added 5.59 points or 0.13% to 4,404.85 and Nikkei 225 was up by 268.52 points or 2.58% to 10,663.70.
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