Asian Stocks Trade Subdued, Fall for 7th Day in a Row
The stocks on the Asian bourses traded largely subdued this Thursday,
extending losses for the seventh consecutive session and marking the
longest losing-streak of the year. The Asian equity markets took the
negative lead from its Wall Street and kept the red amid overnight
retreat in the oil prices and increasing talks of a June Fed rate hike.
Moreover, weak corporate earnings results and poor
manufacturing and employment numbers from the US continues to dent
sentiment around the global equities. Meanwhile, equity markets in
Japan, South Korea, Thailand, and Indonesia are closed for holidays.
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The Australian stocks display lacklustre trading, with the Australian benchmark index ASX 200 trading
almost unchanged around 5,270 points. While the Chinese equities
consolidated the downside, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite index
modestly flat below 3k mark, the CSI300 index drops -0.19%, while Kong’s
Hang Seng slides -0.50%.
