Asian markets ended mixed on Wednesday as investors reacted to a dramatic ‘blue wave’ in the US midterm elections that saw the Democratic Party take control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Ongoing pressure on technology and AI-related shares, alongside uncertainty over US-Iran peace talks have kept markets on edge. Further, market participants remained cautious amid rising expectations of interest rate hike by US Federal Reserve at its upcoming meeting on December 8-9, 2026. Meanwhile, Chinese market gained after China's central bank PBoC said that banks had applied to borrow more than 200 billion yuan to finance listed companies' share purchases under an upgraded re-lending scheme.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 3,686.17 | 78.08 | 2.16 |
Hang Seng | 23,919.50 | 393.53 | 1.67 |
Jakarta Composite | 4,919.77 | 15.48 | 0.31 |
KLSE Composite | 1,616.56 | -5.29 | -0.33 |
Nikkei 225 | 62,188.63 | -893.23 | -1.42 |
Straits Times | 5,268.63 | -0.66 | -0.01 |
KOSPI Composite | 5,683.80 | 35.01 | 0.62 |
Taiwan Weighted | 42,948.91 | -358.63 | -0.83 |