Asian markets trade lower in early deals on Tuesday

31 Jan 2023 Evaluate
All the Asian markets traded lower in early deals on Tuesday, due to risk aversion ahead to the key meetings of US Federal Reserve, Bank of England and European Central Bank, for interest rate hike decisions. Investors keenly awaited for clues about the outlook for further rate hikes, though slower pace of interest rate hike is widely anticipated from the central banks. Japan’s Nikkei is in negative trend mirroring weak trend in global indices. Even though some gains were trimmed on optimism after Japan’s unemployment rate held steady in December, while stronger than expected figures in retail sales and industrial production data.

Nikkei 225 down by 59.52 points or 0.22% to 27,369.27, Hang Seng dipped by 280.42 points or 1.29% to 21,789.31, Straight times lower 4.06 points or 0.12% to 3,374.23, KOSPI shrunk by 18.13 points or 0.74% to 2,432.34, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 31.07 points or 0.45% to 6,841.41, Taiwan curtailed by 212.05 points or 1.37% to 15,281.77, Shanghai diminished by 12.28 points or 0.38% to 3,257.04, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI shrunk by 11.28 points or 0.75% to 1,488.11.

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