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Asia markets mostly flat after Brussels terror attack | |
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Asian markets have followed US and European markets' lead and are trading mostly flat as investors remain cautious after the Brussels attacks. | |
Japan's benchmark Nikkei index closed 0.35% lower at 16,989.62, while South Korea's Kospi fell 0.08% to end at 1,995.12 points. | |
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.5% to 5,142.27 and New Zealand stocks gained 0.07% to close at 6,668.87. | |
Hong Kong's Hang Seng is 0.7% lower, while the Shanghai Composite fell 0.3%. | |
Alex Wijaya from CMC Markets said the Brussels blasts had made investors less willing to take a risk again. | Alex Wijaya from CMC Markets said the Brussels blasts had made investors less willing to take a risk again. |
He added the most affected currency was the pound, which plunged from a high of £1.4397 to trade at about £1.4220 this morning against the dollar. | |
"The proponents of a Brexit claim that uncontrolled immigration in the EU raises the possibility of attacks in the future and background checks might provide some oversight," he said. | "The proponents of a Brexit claim that uncontrolled immigration in the EU raises the possibility of attacks in the future and background checks might provide some oversight," he said. |
"Traders are concerned that this issue could sway voters to vote to leave the EU and the pound was sold down heavily yesterday." | "Traders are concerned that this issue could sway voters to vote to leave the EU and the pound was sold down heavily yesterday." |
Stock movers | |
Shares of Australia' Woodside Petroleum fell by 1.2% after it indefinitely postponed plans to develop a major liquefied natural gas project. | |
The company said it was shelving the $40bn Browse project "considering the current economic and market environment". | |
Nintendo lost about 1% of its gains from Tuesday after investors cheered the success of its Miitomo smartphone application, which marks the firm's first foray into the mobile gaming market. | |
The game-maker, which also makes the Super Mario and Donkey Kong titles, saw its stock jump 8% yesterday after the firm said Miitomo logged more a million downloads in three days in Japan. | |
The app allows users to create cartoon avatars of themselves and play simple games as part of a social network. |