Asian markets mutate as traders wait for US stimulus pending


Asian markets did not change much in early trading on Friday, after shares fell on Wall Street when the stalemate over a second coronavirus relief plan continued on Capitol Hill.

Japanese Nikkei 225 NIK,
+ 0.06%
was almost flay, while Hong Seng’s Hang Seng Index HSI,
-0.05%
0.2% glide. The Shanghai SHCOMP,
+ 0.19%
fell 0.2% and the Shenzhen Composite 399106,
+ 0.17%
baptizes 0.1%. Kospi of South Korea 180721,
-1.28%
1.4% decline while benchmark indices in Taiwan Y9999,
+ 0.25%
STI, Singapore,
-0.05%
, Malaysia FBMKLCI,
-0.82%
and Indonesia JAKIDX,
-0.01%
values ​​mixed. S & P / ASX 200 XJO from Australia,
+ 0.43%
advanced 0.7%.

Sony 6758,
+ 1.74%
engaged in trading in Tokyo while SoftBank 9984,
-1.65%
while in Hong Kong, Wharf Real Estate 1997,
+ 2.00%
rose as HSBC 5,
-1.41%
and PetroChina 857,
-1.09%
fell. Samsung 005930,
-1.19%
decreased in Seoul trade.

Asian stocks were repressed because “political delay by U.S. lawmakers” poses some risk to the global recovery, “Stephen Innes, chief market strategist at AxiCorp, wrote in a note. “Still, there’s no way this deal is going to continue … and one thing investors’ confidence is is that they’s looking ahead, so look for buying dips on the expectation of the deal that will eventually continues. “

Chamber member Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that the two sides “stay miles apart” in the stimulus talks, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell officially sent senators home for a three-week summer recess, though they may be recalled if there is a breakthrough. to vote on.

U.S. stocks ended lower in listless trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA,
-0.28%
fell 80.12 points, or 0.3%, to close at 27,896.72, while the S&P 500 SPX,
-0.20%
lost 6.92 points, or 0.2%, to close at 3,373.43, after hitting an intraday peak at 3,387.24 to break its February 19 closing record of 3,386.15. The Nasdaq Composite COMP,
+ 0.27%
rose 30.27 points, as 0.3%, higher to close at 11,042.50.

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