All the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in the negative terrain in early deals on Friday as investors remained concerned amid uncertainty about the near-term outlook for the markets following the recent uptrend. Moreover, Japanese stock market declined sharply by around two percent with the yen’s rise against the dollar prompting investors to offload their holding in risky assets. Meanwhile, core consumer prices in Japan were up 0.7 percent on year in September. That was in line with forecasts and down from 0.8 percent in August. Overall inflation was up 1.1 percent on year, versus expectations for 0.9 percent, which would have been unchanged from the previous month.
Shanghai Composite declined 20.82 points or 0.96% to 2,143.50, Hang Seng dropped 121.89 points or 0.53% to 22,713.93, Jakarta Composite dipped 9.90 points or 0.22% to 4,584.94, KLSE Composite slipped 4.44 points or 0.24% to 1,814.49, Nikkei 225 tumbled 275.28 points or 1.90% to 14,211.13, Straits Times decreased 4.49 points or 0.14% to 3,213.46, Seoul Composite contracted 17.83 points or 0.87% to 2,028.86 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 74.94 points or 0.89% to 8,338.78.
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