Asian markets trade mostly in red in early deals on Tuesday

13 Aug 2024 Evaluate
Asian markets traded mostly in red in early deals on Tuesday, pressured by the risk aversion in the market ahead to later today’s key US inflation reports, which could impact the global interest rate outlook. Additionally, China’s industrial output, retail turnover, and the surveyed jobless rate numbers also limited position taking by the market participants. Hang Seng slipped in the session with the technical correction in tech, property, and consumer sector stocks. Bucking the trend, Japan’s Nikkei soared in the session with the large foreign investment inflows amidst wilting local currency yen and on trivialized concerns over interest rate hike by BoJ.

Hang Seng down by 20.86 points 0.12% to 17,090.79, KOSPI Index dipped by 3.76 points or 0.14% to 2,614.54, Taiwan Weighted shrunk by 29.61 points or 0.14% to 21,743.65, Jakarta Composite declined by 50.44 points or 0.69% to 7,348.07, Shanghai Composite diminished by 2.11 points or 0.04% to 2,857.15, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI edged down by 0.24 points or 0.01% to 1,606.42.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 rose by 760.55 points 2.13% to 35,785.55, Straits Times up by 30.06 points 0.93% to 3,265.44.

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