Asian markets settled mixed in thin holiday trade on Tuesday, tracking overnight fall in Wall Street. Markets in South Korea and Japanese markets were closed on New Year holidays. Chinese shares fell after data showed China's factory activity expanded at a slower pace in December. China's manufacturing PMI dropped to 50.1 in December from 50.3 in the previous month. Meantime, the non-manufacturing PMI advanced more than expected to 52.2 from 50.0 a month ago. The focus also shifted to US-China relations after the US Treasury Department said that a China state-sponsored actor was responsible for a recent cyber breach that accessed some of its workstations.
| Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
| Shanghai Composite | 3,351.76 | -55.57 | -1.66 |
| Hang Seng | 20,059.95 | 18.53 | 0.09 |
| Jakarta Composite | 7,079.90 | 43.33 | 0.62 |
| KLSE Composite | 1,642.33 | 4.65 | 0.28 |
| Nikkei 225 | -- | -- | -- |
| Straits Times | 3,787.60 | -8.13 | -0.21 |
| KOSPI Composite | -- | -- | -- |
| Taiwan Weighted | 23,035.10 | -155.10 | -0.67 |
