Most of the Asian equity indices are trading in the red in Tuesday’s morning deals as weaker-than-expected US retail dampened sentiments. Investors also opted to remain on sideline awaiting congressional testimony from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke later in the week. Sentiments also got clobbered after Asian Development Bank (ADB) has lowered its growth forecasts for developing Asia this year and the next, as a softer outlook for the world's second-biggest economy China meant subdued economic activity elsewhere in the region. The bank lowered its growth forecast for developing Asia by 0.3 percentage points to 6.3% in 2013 and 6.4% in 2014. Bucking the trend, Japanese Nikkei gained over half a percent after a long weekend as the dollar remained strong against the yen.
Shanghai Composite declined 13.99 points or 0.68% to 2,045.40, Hang Seng dipped 15.87 points or 0.07% to 21,287.44, Straits Times slipped 11.01 points or 0.34% to 3,225.81, Seoul Composite decreased 8.12 points or 0.43% to 1,867.04 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 9.92 points or 0.12% to 8,244.76.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite rose 8.96 points or 0.19% to 4,644.69, KLSE Composite increased 0.33 points or 0.02% to 1,787.00 and Nikkei 225 was up by 81.32 points or 0.56% to 14,587.57.
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