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Here are the latest trading levels for Asia's major stock markets:
Tokyo (Nikkei Average NIK, -0.06% ) flat
Hong Kong (Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.38% ) up 0.3%
Shanghai (Shanghai Composite Index SHCOMP, +0.82% ) up 0.8% (at break)
Sydney (S&P/ASX 200 XJO, -0.59% ) down 0.5%
Seoul (Kospi SEU, +0.16% ) up 0.2%
Mumbai (Sensex 1, +0.14% ) closed for holiday
Taipei (Taiex Y9999, +0.35% ) closed for holiday
MALAYSIA share prices opened flat on Tuesday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 0.04 points to 1808.41.
Volume was 30.9 million lots worth RM10.16 million.
Gainers outnumbered losers 82 to 44.
MALAYSIA share prices closed higher on Monday with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite Index up 7.94 points to 1,808.89.
Volume was 2.06 billion lots worth RM2.12 billion.
Gainers outnumbered losers 452 to 352.
The dollar was lower against the yen in thin and directionless Asian trade Monday, with investors having a relatively muted reaction to weaker-than-expected Japanese gross domestic product data.
The dollar USDJPY, -0.17% was down to ¥118.46 compared with ¥118.78 late Friday in New York.
The common currency EURUSD, +0.12% was at $1.1419 from $1.1398 and was at EY, +42.86% ¥135.26 from Y¥135.39.
The WSJ Dollar Index BUXX, -0.15% a measure of the dollar against a basket of major currencies, was down 0.2% at 85.37.
Nymex reformulated gasoline blendstock for March RBH5, -0.09% — the benchmark gasoline contract — down 1 cent, or 0.3%, to $1.621 a gallon.
