Asian stock markets close midweek with losses
Asian indices post declines except for Singapore
ISTANBUL
Most major Asian stock markets were down at Wednesday's close.
The Asia Dow, which includes blue-chip companies in the region, dropped 0.35% to 2,977.78 points, while Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 lost 0.56% to 27,716.43.
The Hang Seng, the benchmark for blue-chip stocks trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange, was down 1.2% to 16,358.52 points.
China’s Shanghai Stock Exchange fell 0.53% to close at 3,048.17, and the Indian Sensex benchmark decreased 0.25% to 61,033.55 points.
The Singapore index gained 0.63% to 3,165.50.