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Equity Alert: Asian markets mixed; South Korea's Kospi down 1%

 

MUMBAI--0800 IST--Equity indices in Asia were mixed in early trade Friday and MSCI's Asia index, excluding Japan, was marginally lower. South Korea's benchmark index was among the hardest hit, pulled down by a fall in shares of LG Energy Solutions. China's CSI 300 was marginally higher after falling earlier in the session. Most equity markets in the region were set for a monthly loss despite a weekly gain, owing to a fall in technology stocks and recent uncertainty over the US Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory going forward.

 

Equity markets in the US were closed Thursday, owing to the Thanksgiving holiday. Stock futures were marginally higher before a shortened trading session Friday.

 

South Korea's KOSPI was 1% lower. Shares of LG Energy Solution fell more than 5?ter its parent LG Chem said it would pare its stake to about 70% from almost 80%, in order to improve shareholder returns, CNBC said. Shares of battery materials maker Enchem listed on the small-cap Kosdaq index jumped almost 13?ter South Korean media reported it had won an order from Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology.

 

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index was 0.5% lower. Shares of Pop Mart International Group were up almost 5?ter China announced a new plan to boost consumption, including promoting upgrades of consumer goods in sectors such as pets and toys. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its recommendation to 'overweight' on Chinese stocks, stating that the prospect of large advances next year outweighs the risk of significant losses, Bloomberg reported.  

Over in the mainland, China's blue-chip CSI 300 index rose after a decline in early trade. Shares of real estate developer China Vanke fell 3?ter the company said it was seeking to delay an onshore bond repayment. "It is difficult to gauge if the government will continue to offer financing support to Vanke," Reuters quoted UBS property analysts as saying. The analysts also said that they saw spillover risk for the sector.

 

Japan's Nikkei 225 index was slightly lower and the broader Topix index was flat. Headline inflation in Tokyo eased to 2.7% in October from 2.8% the month before. Core inflation came in at 2.8%, slightly higher than the 2.7% expected by economists polled by Reuters. The Bank of Japan maintains a 2% inflation target and this reading increased the chances of the central bank raising its interest rate in the near term.

 

Following were the levels of key Asian indices at 0802 IST:

 

Index	Level	Change in %
CSI 300 Index	4520.98	0.12
Hang Seng Index	25899.65	(-)0.18
Nikkei 225 Day	50110.37	(-)0.11
TOPIX FIRST SECTION	3369.49	0.03
KOSPI	3947.36	(-)0.99
FTSE Singapore Strait Times	4531.15	0.48
S&P/ASX 200 Index	8615.10	(-)0.03

 

(Eshitva Prakash)

 

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US$1 = INR 89.31

IST, or Indian Standard Time, is five-and-a-half hours ahead of GMT

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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