Asian markets trade mixed in early deals on Friday

12 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Asian markets are exhibiting mixed trend in Friday’s morning deals. Chinese benchmark is trading with a cut of over half a percent ahead of the GDP data that could give evidence of weakness in the world’s second biggest economy. The data is set to be released on July 15 and the street is expecting the Chinese second-quarter GDP growth at a median 7.5 per cent. However, Japanese Nikkei, erasing earlier losses was trading in the green after Wall Street vaulted to new records and the yen weakened against the dollar. Though, the trading is light ahead of a long weekend in Japan with only few immediate trading cues.

Shanghai Composite declined 10.64 points or 0.51% to 2,062.35, Hang Seng contracted 83.82 points or 0.39% to 21,353.67, Straits Times dropped 17.12 points or 0.53% to 3,231.80 and Seoul Composite was down by 9.86 points or 0.53% to 1,867.74.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite rose 0.45 points or 0.01% to 4,604.67, KLSE Composite increased 3.30 points or 0.19% to 1,784.45, Nikkei 225 gained 24.33 points or 0.17% to 14,496.91 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 2.45 points or 0.03% to 8,181.99.

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