Asian markets settle mixed on Friday

22 Mar 2024 Evaluate
Asian markets settled mixed on Friday. Japanese shares rose amidst Wall Street’s gains overnight followed by big gains in chipmakers in the United States. Japan’s Nikkei 225 briefly crossed 41,000 to hit a fresh all-time high as Japan’s inflation accelerated in February. Data showing that Japan’s headline inflation rate for February came in at 2.8%, climbing from the 2.2% seen in February. Core inflation was at 2.8% compared with 2% in the previous month. Meanwhile, Chinese property and technology firms weighed on Shanghai and Hong Kong markets.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,048.03

-29.08

-0.95

Hang Seng

16,499.47

-363.63

-2.20

Jakarta Composite

7,350.15

11.80

0.16

KLSE Composite

1,542.39

0.98

0.06

Nikkei 225

40,888.43

72.77

0.18

Straits Times

3,217.97

-2.40

-0.07

KOSPI Composite

2,748.56

-6.30

-0.23

Taiwan Weighted

20,228.43

29.34

0.15

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