All the Asian equity markets, barring Japanese Nikkei, are trading in the red in early deals on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve’s latest policy outlook was deemed less dovish than some had wagered on, lifting both bond yields and the dollar. In the Asia-Pacific region, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea are trading notably lower, while Singapore and Taiwan are down with moderate losses. Bucking the trend, Japanese Nikkei is trading slightly higher ahead of the central bank’s rate decision. The central bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold at 0.10 percent. The Bank of Japan also will release its monetary base target for 2014, with forecasts suggesting no change at 270 trillion yen.
Shanghai Composite declined 14.74 points or 0.68% to 2,145.72, Hang Seng dipped 92.41 points or 0.40% to 23,211.61, Jakarta Composite slumped 74.57 points ort 1.63% to 4,500.31, KLSE Composite shed 8.56 points or 0.47% to 1,808.82, Straits Times slipped 6.59 points or 0.20% to 3,223.85, Seoul Composite contracted 14.03 points or 0.68% to 2,045.55 and Taiwan Weighted was down by 8.47 points or 0.10% to 8,456.59.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 was up by 2.41 points or 0.02% to 14,504.76.
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