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Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.25% ) up 0.2%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.19% ) closed for holiday
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.76% ) closed for holiday
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.43% ) down 0.4%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.16% ) closed for holiday
Mumbai (Sensex 1, -0.71% ) down 0.3%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.35% ) closed for holiday
Crude-oil futures on Wednesday put an end to a three-session winning streak on Nymex that lifted prices by more than 9% as investors turned their focus back to rising U.S. inventories.
March crude CLH5, -2.88% settled at $52.14 a barrel, down $1.39, or 2.6%.
Brent crude LCOJ5, -1.77% for April delivery fell $2, or 3.2%, to $60.53 a barrel on London’s ICE Futures exchange. A day earlier, prices closed at their highest in roughly two months and based on the most-active contract, have gained around 7% year to date.
Gold futures settled at their lowest level in nearly seven weeks on Wednesday, then clawed their way back up in the immediate wake of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s January meeting.
Gold for April delivery GCJ5, +1.27% settled at $1,200.20 an ounce on Comex, down $8.40, or 0.7%, on Wednesday — their lowest settlement since Jan. 2, based on the most-active contracts.
Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, +0.44% ) up 0.5%
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.19% ) closed for holiday
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.76% ) closed for holiday
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.24% ) down 0.2%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.16% ) closed for holiday
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.39% ) up 0.5%
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.35% ) closed for holiday
MALAYSIA share prices closed lower on Wednesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index down 2.22 points to 1,807.87.
Volume was 897 million lots worth RM887.4 million.
Gainers outnumbered losers 381 to 276.
