Asian markets settled mostly lower on Thursday after the release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its last meeting with almost all Fed officials agreeing to hike interest rates to control inflation, while Japanese market was closed for the emperor’s birthday. However, Seoul stocks gained after South Korea's central bank, Bank of Korea kept its interest rates unchanged, in line with market expectations, and ending an uninterrupted one-year run of rises.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,287.48 | -3.67 | -0.11 |
Hang Seng | 20,351.35 | -72.49 | -0.36 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,839.45 | 29.48 | 0.43 |
KLSE Composite | 1,457.65 | -6.35 | -0.43 |
Nikkei 225 | -- | -- | -- |
Straits Times | 3,264.93 | -35.11 | -1.08 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,439.09 | 21.41 | 0.88 |
Taiwan Weighted | 15,615.41 | 196.64 | 1.26 |
