Most of the Asian markets traded lower in early deals on Thursday, saddled by the risk aversion in market ahead to next week’s monetary policy decision Federal Reserve, as the Bank of Canada raised interest rates to a 22-year high. Market investments also pressured with the concerns over deflation risk ahead of Chinese inflation numbers on Friday. In April, annual inflation rate had registered its lowest in over 2 years while factory gate prices extended their falls for the 7th month. China had marked weakness in both local and overseas demand last month adding more fears over economic rebound of the world’s second largest economy. Japan’s Nikkei extended last sessional losses with the technical correction at prevailing levels and in line with negative global indices. Meanwhile, Japan’s annualized GDP for the first quarter was revised to 2.7%, higher than the consensus forecast of 1.9% and a preliminary reading of 1.6%.
Nikkei 225 down 456.26 points or 1.43% to 31,457.48, Straight times dipped by 5.44 points or 0.17 to 3,174.14, Hang Seng curtailed by 74.48 points or 0.39% to 19,177.52, Taiwan slipped by 187.50 points or 1.11% to 16,734.98, KOSPI narrowed by 19.43 points or 0.74% to 2,596.17, Shanghai declined by 3.80 points or 0.12% to 3,193.96, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI diminished by 5.83 points or 0.42% to 1,372.82.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite up 6.53 points or 0.10% to 6,626.29.
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