Asian markets ended mostly higher on Tuesday amid disappointing Chinese industrial output and retail sales data fueled hopes that the China government will unveil more stimulus measures to counter the economic slowdown. Japanese shares inched higher, despite data showed the country's economy unexpectedly shrank for the first time in a year in the third quarter. Although, overnight fall in Wall Street's main indexes following hawkish comments from Fed Governor Christopher Waller, capped further gains.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,134.08 | 50.68 | 1.64 |
Hang Seng | 18,343.12 | 723.41 | 4.11 |
Jakarta Composite | 7,035.50 | 16.11 | 0.23 |
KLSE Composite | 1,450.54 | -13.46 | -0.92 |
Nikkei 225 | 27,990.17 | 26.70 | 0.10 |
Straits Times | 3,275.28 | 14.48 | 0.44 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,480.33 | 5.68 | 0.23 |
Taiwan Weighted | 14,546.31 | 371.41 | 2.62 |