Most of the Asian markets traded lower in early deals on Friday, with the risk aversion in the market amid fears over global recession due to hawkish monetary policies by the Central Banks globally, to tackle mounting inflationary pressure. Japan’s Nikkei retreated from previous day’s gain in line with broadly negative Wall Street overnight. Nikkei marked one month’s lowest rate in the session with the rising global interest rates, a weaker local currency yen and on caution ahead to Bank of Japan’s (BoJ) monetary policy meeting. The BoJ is widely expected to keep its benchmark lending rate steady at -0.1%.
Nikkei 225 down by 381.43 points or 1.44% to 26,049.77, Straight times dipped 13.26 points or 0.43% to 3,084.17, Taiwan lower by 200.79 points or 1.27% to 15,637.82, KOSPI shrunk by 11.86 points or 0.48% to 2,439.55, Jakarta Composite declined by 136.85 points or 1.94% to 6,913.48, Shanghai curtailed by 0.64 points or 0.02% to 3,284.74 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI narrowed by 22.11 points or 1.50% to 1,450.66.
Bucking the trend, Hang Seng increased by 163.57 points 0.78% to 21,009.00.
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