Visitors stand in front of an electronic bar at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), operated by the Japan Exchange Group Inc. (JPX), in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, November 30, 2020.
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Stocks in the Asia-Pacific region were mixed on Tuesday after sharp declines on Monday.
The Nikkei 225 In Japan it rose 0.61% and Topix rose 0.7%. in Australia , S & P / ASX 200 Added 0.25%. The Shanghai boat In mainland China rose 0.26% and Shenzhen Component It was 0.314% higher.
South Korea Cosby It struggled to trend and eventually lost 0.62%, while the KOSDAQ index fell 0.74%. in Hong Kong Hang Seng Index It lost 1.06%, with Hang Seng Tech shedding 1.7%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.29%. Official data showed that China’s industrial profits in the January-August period fell 2.1% compared to the same period last year.
Overnight in the United States, major stock indices fell. The S&P 500 fell 1.03% to 3655.04, its new closing low of 2022. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged into a bear market after losing 329.60 points, or 1.11%, to 29,260.81. The Nasdaq Composite Index fell 0.6% to 10802.92 points.
“Selling in bonds and equities continued as weak sterling highlighted markets’ fragility due to policy uncertainty,” ANZ Research analysts wrote in a note on Tuesday. fairy Reached a record low.
CNBC’s Sarah Main and Tanya Machel contributed to this report.
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