Tuesday, January 20, 2009

US markets was closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.while Asia trading weak; Nikkei slips 3%

US markets was closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.while Asia trading weak; Nikkei slips 3%

Asian markets were trading weak. China's Shanghai Composite was down 0.78% or 15.53 points at 1,971.13.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng plunged 3.30% or 440.88 points at 12,899.11.

Japan's Nikkei tumbled 3.12% or 257.83 points at 7,999.02.

Singapore's Straits Times fell 2.37% or 41.39 points at 1,705.60.

South Korea's Seoul Composite declined 2.73% or 31.36 points at 1,119.29.

Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted shed 2.24% or 97.63 points at 4,269.13.



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