Most Asian markets end lower on Monday

21 Jan 2013 Evaluate

Most Asian markets ended lower on Monday, after touching multi month’s highs in last week, amid concerns whether political leaders in Washington will be able to reach a deal on the government's debt limit. Japan's Nikkei closed in negative territory ahead of Bank of Japan’s policy meeting and on profit-taking after the index posted its biggest one-day point and percentage gain since March 2011 on Friday. Moreover, China's Shanghai Composite went home with red mark as investors consolidated early session’s gains which came on the back of slightly better-than-expected fourth-quarter gross domestic product growth figures.

Asian Indices

Last Trade

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

2,328.22

11.15

0.48

Hang Seng

23,590.91

-10.87

-0.05

Jakarta Composite

4,439.97

-25.51

-0.57

KLSE Composite

1,635.63

-40.81

-2.43

Nikkei 225

10,747.74

-165.56

-1.52

Straits Times

3,221.32

10.10

0.31

KOSPI Composite

1,986.86

-0.99

-0.05

Taiwan Weighted

7,724.92

-7.95

-0.10

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