Asian markets slump in early deals on weak Chinese PMI, Fed’s indications

20 Jun 2013 Evaluate

All the Asian equity indices are trading with a severe cut in Thursday’s morning deals, following heavy losses on Wall Street, after the Federal Reserve indicated it would start easing back its multi-billion-dollar stimulus drive this year. Bernanke said on Wednesday that the US economy is expanding strongly enough for the Fed to begin slowing the pace of its $85 billion monthly purchases of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, with the goal of ending it in mid-2014. Sentiments also got clobbered after the ‘flash’ HSBC China Purchasing Managers’ Index contracted further to 48.3 in June from May’s final reading of 49.2, hitting its weakest level since September as new orders faltered, reinforcing signs of tepid economic growth in the second quarter.

Shanghai Composite dropped 30.42 points or 1.42% to 2,113.03, Hang Seng tumbled 528.72 points or 2.52% to 20,458.17, Jakarta Composite declined 134.92 points or 2.81% to 4,671.73, KLSE Composite dipped 10.28 points or 0.58% to 1,762.60, Nikkei 225 decreased 117.42 points or 0.89% to 13,127.80, Straits Times crumbled 65.47 points or 2.04% to 3,148.32, KOSPI Composite contracted 37.65 points or 1.99% to 1,850.66 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 103.56 points or 1.29% to 7,903.83.

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