The Seoul skyline at sundown.
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Asia-Pacific markets traded combined Wednesday, monitoring losses on Wall Street after Treasury yields rose and main U.S. tech shares declined.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 dipped 0.35%, whereas the Topix misplaced 0.59%. South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.23% whereas the Kosdaq Index was flat.
Shares of South Korean tech large Samsung Electronics rose 3.07% in uneven buying and selling, shrugging off a worse-than-expected profit forecast for the fourth quarter.
The world’s prime reminiscence chip maker stated its working revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 can be round 6.5 trillion gained ($4.47 billion), lacking LSEG estimates of seven.7 trillion gained.
Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index was down 0.88%, whereas mainland China’s CSI 300 dipped 0.8%.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 traded 0.73% increased.
Shares of Chinese tech agency Tencent Holdings slipped 2.27% after extending from an almost 8% decline on Tuesday following its inclusion within the U.S. Department of Defense listing of “Chinese army corporations.” Shares of battery maker CATL, which was additionally included within the listing, misplaced 1%.
Overnight within the U.S., declines throughout main tech shares dragged the market decrease.
The S&P 500 dipped 1.11% to shut at 5,909.03. The Dow Jones Industrial Average misplaced 178.20 factors, or 0.42%, and ended at 42,528.36. The Nasdaq Composite slid 1.89% to 19,489.68. The main averages traded increased earlier within the day earlier than rolling over. Nvidia shares fell 6.2% after hitting a document.
Tesla slipped 4% after Bank of America downgraded the electric-vehicle maker given its excessive valuation and dangers related to its technique. Meta Platforms shed practically 2%, whereas Apple and Microsoft every dipped greater than 1%.
—CNBC’s Pia Singh and Lisa Kailai Han contributed to this report.
