Asian markets shut shop mostly in the red as investors booked their profit from the markets’ recent rally. Shanghai Composite ended with a cut of about a percent as investors assessed whether the economic outlook supported further gains. Japanese Nikkei also declined by over half a percent after yen edged higher as investors weighed reports that Japan’s main opposition party will vote against one of the government’s nominations for deputy governor of the country’s central bank.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,263.97 | -22.64 | -0.99 |
Hang Seng | 22,556.65 | -333.95 | -1.46 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,835.44 | -18.87 | -0.39 |
KLSE Composite | 1,646.22 | -10.32 | -0.62 |
Nikkei 225 | 12,239.66 | -75.15 | -0.61 |
Straits Times | 3,288.52 | -14.50 | -0.44 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,9993.73 | 6.39 | 0.32 |
Taiwan Weighted | 7,995.51 | 0.80 | 0.01 |
