Asian markets recovered after heavy falls a day earlier and ended mostly higher with Japan’s Nikkei surging back from its worst one-day drop since the March 2011 quake-tsunami disaster as investors moved to recoup losses. Chinese stocks went home with green mark after recovering from biggest slump in a month, as gains by health-care and technology stocks overshadowed losses among property developers. Japanese stocks closed with strong gains, as yen drifted lower against the dollar. Hong Kong stocks ended lower in volatile trade.
Stock markets in Malaysia, Singapore remained closed for a public holiday.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,288.53 | 12.87 | 0.57 |
Hang Seng | 22,618.67 | -51.01 | -0.23 |
Jakarta Composite | 5,155.09 | 33.69 | 0.66 |
KLSE Composite | - | - | - |
Nikkei 225 | 14,612.45 | 128.47 | 0.89 |
Straits Times | - | - | - |
KOSPI Composite | 1,973.45 | 4.26 | 0.22 |
Taiwan Weighted | 8,209.78 | -28.05 | -0.34 |