Markets - Equity
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HONG KONG: Hong Kong shares slipped 0.18 percent by the break on Wednesday as nervous traders were concerned last week's European debt plan may not be enough to save the eurozone.
The benchmark Hang Seng Index lost 33.38 points to 18,413.79 on turnover of HK$22.75 billion ($2.92 billion).
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks lost 0.39 percent to close Wednesday at a two-week low amid continued anxiety over European debt.
The Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange fell 33.68 points to 8,519.13, its lowest closing level since November 30, after briefly dipping below the 8,500 mark.
The Topix index of all first-section issues sank 3.73 points or 0.50 percent to 736.98.
Sentiment is bearish with the euro's weakness against the yen and caution over potential downgrades to ...
SEOUL: Seoul shares edged down on Wednesday, extending the previous session's losses, with investors failing to get a confidence boost from the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting.
Falls were led by large-cap technology issues, with Samsung Electronics down 0.95 percent and LG Electronics shedding 1.34 percent.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) finished down 0.34 percent at 1,857.75 points.
Copyright Reuters, 2011 
HONG KONG: Hong Kong and China shares edged lower on Wednesday, poised for a fifth-straight session of losses in weak turnover that is expected to extend into final weeks of 2011, with most long funds seen done for the year.
Strength in utilities pointed to caution, with an uncertain outlook for the Chinese economy and the euro zone debt crisis likely to keep investors wary of risk going into the new year.
"Nobody quite knows how bad ...
SYDNEY: Australian shares were flat on Wednesday, with miners holding the market back as investors sold out of stocks dependent on global growth.
Volumes continued to thin out leading up to Christmas, not helped by weeks of gyrations on hopes that Europe would stabilise its debt woes and disappointment after every new plan.
"People have given up. There's been so many false starts and so many head fakes this year, people have put the cue in the ...
SEOUL: Seoul shares fell slightly on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve refrained from making any policy changes at its last meeting of 2011, which gave investors little impetus to change tack.
"The market is still under the shadow of persistent euro-zone debt jitters, but the index has recouped some of its early losses from bargain bin purchases," said Park Suk-hyun, a market analyst at KTB Investment & Securities.
"Expectations ahead of the release of US economic ...
SINGAPORE: Asian shares drifted lower and the euro floundered near an 11-month low on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve failed to take any new steps to stimulate growth and offset the chilling effects of Europe's still-unresolved debt crisis.
Wall Street stocks fell after the US central bank's final policy meeting of the year, at which the Fed noted modest improvement in the US economy but added that market turbulence in the face of Europe's woes posed ...More Articles...
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