Most of the Asian markets traded bearish in early deals on Wednesday, as the investors side-lined amid worries over global recession and on caution ahead to Federal Reserve decision. The US Central Bank is expected to hike base interest rate by 75 basis points. The fears that an aggressive Fed monetary policy might tilt the US economy into a recession, with the current inversion in the US yield curve indicating such a risk, dulled investor sentiments. Japanese stocks extended losing streak to third straight session in line with the bearish trend on Wall Street. However, better than expected value of core machine orders capped some losses. As per reports, Japan’s core machine orders value climbed a seasonally adjusted 10.8% in April, at 963.0 billion yen. This beats expectations for a decline of 1.5% following the 7.1% jump in March. On a yearly basis, core machine orders surged 19.0%, again topping forecasts for a rise of 5.3% following the 7.6% gain in the previous month.
Nikkei 225 down by 232.52 points or 0.87% to 26,397.34, Taiwan lower by 56.84 points or 0.35% to 15,990.53, KOSPI slipped by 54.56 points or 2.19% to 2,438.41, Jakarta Composite declined by 73.80 points or 1.05% to 6,976.08, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI shrunk by 22.21 points or 1.50% to 1,459.07.
Bucking the trend, Straight times up 19.07 points or 0.61% to 3,127.96, Hang Seng increased by 299.12 points 1.42% to 21,367.11, and Shanghai climbed by 46.21 points or 1.41% to 3,335.12.
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