Asian markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Monday

21 Nov 2022 Evaluate
Most of the Asian markets traded in red in early deals on Monday, as the market sentiments wilted after China reported resurgence in covid -19 with 2 new deaths due to infection, and as this signaled China's reopening may yet be waylaid. Meanwhile, the People’s Bank of China kept its benchmark lending rates unchanged for the third straight month as a weakening yuan and persistent capital outflows left it little room to ease policy. Moreover, investments also got pressured ahead to the release of minutes of the US Fed's last meeting on Wednesday. Hang Seng plunged in the deals extending losses to the fourth consecutive session, amid woes over fresh covid outbreaks and on weak economic health outlook. Bucking the trend, Nikkei eked some gains as Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda reaffirmed ultra-dovish monetary policy to stem its economy, albeit annual core consumer prices in Japan surged to a 40-year high in October.

Hang Seng tumbled by 376.48 points or 2.09% to 17,616.06, Straigts Times dipped 31.19 points or 0.95% to 3,241.04, Taiwan shrunk by 44.93 points or 0.31% to 14,460.06, KOSPI narrowed by 25.67 points or 1.05% to 2,418.81, Jakarta Composite diminished by 22.05 points or 0.31% to 7,060.13, Shanghai curtailed by 25.15 points or 0.81% to 3,072.09 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI curtailed by 8.18 points or 0.56% to 1,441.14.

On flip side, Nikkei 225 eked up by 7.02 points or 0.03% to 27,906.79.

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