Asian equity markets ended mixed on Thursday after Japan announced more aggressive monetary easing, but other markets slipped, with Seoul hit by growing tensions on the Korean peninsula. Japan’s Nikkei ended with strong gains as the yen slipped more than 1% against the dollar. Seoul went home with red mark after North Korea blocked access to its Kaesong joint industrial zone with South Korea for the second day running.
Markets in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan remained shut for the trade today.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | - | - | - |
Hang Seng | - | - | - |
Jakarta Composite | 4,922.61 | -58.85 | -1.18 |
KLSE Composite | 1,688.46 | 3.06 | 0.18 |
Nikkei 225 | 12,634.54 | 272.34 | 2.20 |
Straits Times | 3,307.80 | -13.97 | -0.42 |
KOSPI Composite | 1,959.45 | -23.77 | -1.20 |
Taiwan Weighted | - | - | - |
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