Asian markets exhibit mixed trend in early deals on Thursday

07 Mar 2024 Evaluate
Asian markets exhibited mixed trend in early deals on Thursday after the congressional testimony by US Fed Chair Jerome Powell, which raised the possibility of an interest rate cut at some point this year. Seoul shares gained marginally following the broadly positive cues from global markets overnight. Meanwhile, Japan’s Nikkei 225 is declining to near the 39,700 level and the yen jumped past the 149 per dollar level amid growing speculation that the Bank of Japan could end negative interest rates as soon as this month.

Nikkei 225 declined by 475.85 points or 1.19% to 39,614.93, Straits Times down by 4.59 points or 0.15% to 3,131.55, Hang Seng dropped 104.40 points 0.64% to 16,333.69, and Shanghai Composite fell by 6.19 points or 0.2% to 3,033.74.

On the flip side, KOSPI Index gained 4.72 points or 0.18% to 2,646.21, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI marginally higher by 2.32 points or 0.15% to 1,533.83, Taiwan Weighted rose 268.82 points or 1.38% to 19,768.27, and Jakarta Composite up by 37.50 points or 0.51% to 7,367.30.

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