Asian markets settled mostly higher on Tuesday tracking Wall Street gains overnight, despite cautious mood ahead of key US inflation data due later in the day. Chinese shares gained after reports that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is considering meeting top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in Munich this week after the United States shot down a series of unidentified objects. Japanese shares rose, in spite of data showing that the Japanese economy grew much less than expected in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, Japan announced its nomination of Kazuo Ueda as the new Bank of Japan governor.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,293.28 | 9.12 | 0.28 |
Hang Seng | 21,113.76 | -50.66 | -0.24 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,941.86 | 41.72 | 0.60 |
KLSE Composite | 1,483.97 | 8.80 | 0.60 |
Nikkei 225 | 27,602.77 | 175.45 | 0.64 |
Straits Times | 3,318.20 | -6.50 | -0.20 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,465.64 | 12.94 | 0.52 |
Taiwan Weighted | 15,654.48 | 110.20 | 0.70 |