As a whole, the trading session in Asia went relatively calmly and most indexes ended in green. Only the Japanese stocks lagged far behind the session and turned red.
Chinese markets remained flat with slight changes after investors turned their attention to the trade war and traded cautiously. Shenzhen Composite and Shenzhen Component traded aside, while Shanghai Composite gained 0.15%. The Hang Seng Index only scored a partial growth, staying flat for most of the session.
ASX200 in Australia recorded growth of 0.5%, but the sector as a whole remained mixed. The financial sub-index rose by 1.60%.
In South Korea, Kospi rose by 0.7%.
In Japan, Nikkei 225 and Topix, however, could not cope with the bear's pressure and respectively reported declines of 0.37% and 0.36%, thus interrupting the two-day series of growth. The downward movement in Japanese stocks was triggered after the Central Bank of Japan published its December statement on monetary policy in which it expressed concerns about rising economic activity risks with the prospect of worsening.
At the FX markets during the Asian session, the US dollar traded at 96,369 levels after it had dropped to 96,317 earlier.
The Japanese yen was traded at around 110.59 yesterday when it recorded a new low of 111.3 yesterday. The Australian dollar was down about 0.7047 after it reached a peak of 0.707.
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