Ahead
of notable decisions that are expect to be taken by Bank of Japan (BoJ), the
Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) the Federal Reserve (Fed), market
participants are playing cautiously today. Lunacy started to conquer first
Asian markets with pushing Japan equities lower but Chinese higher in the early
trade on Tuesday.
The Chinese Shanghai Composite index increased with 0.64% to 2 965.40 points,
and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng climbed with 0.48%.
Japan’s
Nikkei 225 dropped with 0.49% to 17,353 points, and South Korean’s Kospi closed
0.25% up to 2 019.63 points.
The
Australian benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.30% to 5 220.64 points.
Energy
companies in the region traded mixed. Australian Santos reported a decline of
3.68%, while Japan's Inpex and Japan Petroleum recorded decreases of
respectively 1.5% and 1.05%. Australia's Woodside Petroleum shares rose 1.44%,
while China's Sinopec marked an increase of 1.46%.
The
main exporting companies in Japan enrolled mostly downs. Shares of Toyota fell
0.72%, Nissan and Honda are down with respectively 0.99% and 0.69%. Sony
reported an increase of 0.51% and Mitsubishi Motors wiped nearly 10% of the
share prices.
Australian
iron ore miners finished with declines after the steel-making component sloped to
$66 per tonne. Fortescue Metals dipped with 6.25% and heavyweights BHP Billiton
and Rio Tinto fell respectively with 3.06% and 2.95%.
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