Asian equities trade in red in morning deals on Monday

15 Jul 2013 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity indices, after a positive start, are trading in the red in Monday’s morning deals, as investors booked some of the gains garnered in last week. Indonesian benchmark, Jakarta Composite tumbled around a percent after the Indonesian rupiah fell to its weakest since September 2009, dropping 0.34 per cent in early trading to 10,000 per US dollar. The decline came despite last week’s efforts by Bank Indonesia to combat inflation and a battered currency. Meanwhile, the central bank hiked its key lending rate by half a point to 6.5 per cent, more than the market was anticipating. Bucking the trend, Chinese Shanghai was trading with a gain of about one and a half percent after the country’s second-quarter growth data met street expectations. The world’s second-largest economy expanded 7.5 per cent in the second quarter.

Jakarta Composite declined 38.55 points or 0.83% to 4,594.56, KLSE Composite decreased 2.84 points or 0.16% to 1,782.81, KOSPI Composite slipped 2.50 points or 0.13% to 1,867.48 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 9.64 points or 0.12% to 8,210.85.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite surged 29.86 points or 1.46% to 2,069.34, Hang Seng rose 91.55 points or 0.43% to 21,368.83 and Straits Times was up by 6.66 points or 0.21% to 3,242.72.

Japanese Nikkei remained shut for the trade today on account of public holiday.

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