Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in the red terrain in Monday’s morning deals amid concerns about the political impasse in the U.S. on the debt ceiling issue. However, Chinese market was marginally in green despite the data showing China’s export growth unexpectedly fizzled in September, underscoring worries about flagging global demand, and annual consumer inflation quickened to a seven-month high. The overseas shipments dropped 0.3 percent from a year earlier, while imports rose a more-than-forecast 7.4 percent. Meanwhile, consumer prices rose 3.1 percent as food costs advanced the most since May 2012.
Straits Times declined 23.38 points or 0.74% to 3,156.33, Seoul Composite slipped 1.71 points or 0.08% to 2,023.19 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 61.70 points or 0.74% to 8,287.67.
On the flip side, Shanghai Composite rose 10.25 points or 0.46% to 2,238.39 and KLSE Composite was up by 0.20 points or 0.01% to 1,785.95.
Hong Kong, Indonesian and Japanese markets remained closed for the trade today for public holidays.
MoneyWorks4Me is a SEBI-registered Investment Adviser (IA) dedicated to helping investors build long-term wealth through transparent, research-driven, conflict-free guidance. Founded in 2008, we started our journey as a Research Analyst (RA), providing deep fundamental analysis, intrinsic value insights, and long-term investing frameworks for Indian equities. In 2017, we transitioned to a full-fledged SEBI-registered Investment Adviser, strengthening our commitment to acting as a fiduciary—always putting the investor’s interest first.
To become India’s most trusted, research-powered fiduciary advisory platform—where every investor, regardless of experience, can make calm, confident, and well-reasoned investment decisions.
MoneyWorks4Me ensures this through: