Asian shares ended mostly higher on Tuesday as investors indulged in some selective buying ahead of more U.S. economic data and a Federal Reserve policy decision later in the week that may offer clues to the Fed's stimulus plans. Regional markets went home with green mark ahead of official release of manufacturing data for January at the end of the week. However, Hong Kong closed lower, weighed by a fall in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. Japan’s Nikkei ended in positive territory, as Japanese construction machinery companies were higher on Tuesday, while South Korea's Kospi closed higher, ending a four-day losing streak.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,358.98 | 12.47 | 0.53 |
Hang Seng | 23,655.17 | -16.71 | -0.07 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,439.03 | 22.09 | 0.50 |
KLSE Composite | 1,637.34 | 0.21 | 0.01 |
Nikkei 225 | 10,866.72 | 42.41 | 0.39 |
Straits Times | 3,259.75 | -14.16 | -0.43 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,955.96 | 16.25 | 0.84 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,802.00 | 87.33 | 1.13 |
