Asian markets trade in red in early deals on Wednesday

03 Aug 2022 Evaluate
Asian markets traded in red in early deals on Wednesday, with some technical buying after previous sessional losses and on optimism after better than expected Chinese service activity data, which is best in 15 months. However, escalated China-US tensions over Taiwan visit and hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve capped some gains. Japan’s Nikkei bounced back after last session’s loss as the stocks got benefited with the sluggish local currency yen. Moreover, robust corporate earnings also raised investor sentiments.

Nikkei 225 up by 94.23 points or 0.34% to 27,688.96, Straight times rose 10.45 points or 0.32% to 3,249.60, Hang Seng increased by 119.12 points 0.61% to 19,808.33, Jakarta Composite added by 24.15 points or 0.35% to 7,012.31, KOSPI enlarged by 15.47 points or 0.63% to 2,455.09, and Shanghai widened by 12.85 points or 0.40% to 3,199.12.

On the flip side, Taiwan lower by 27.11 points or 0.18% to 14,720.12, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI shrunk by 9.32 points or 0.62% to 1,485.73.

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