the bags of Asia closed without a single direction this Thursday (16) amid hopes that the Federal Reserve the U.S. central bank, is less aggressive in tightening its monetary policy after announcing its biggest rate hike since 1994 on Wednesday.
the stock index Japanese Nikkei rose 0.40% in Tokyo, at 26,431.20 points, and the South Korean Kospi advanced 0.16% in Seoul, at 2,451.41 points, while the Hang Seng fell 2.17% in Hong Kong at 20,845.43 points, and the Taiex fell 1% in Taiwan, at 15,838.61 points.
At China Mainland Shanghai Composite was down 0.61% to 3,285.38 points, but less comprehensive Shenzhen Composite secured a 0.37% rise to 2,106.75 points.
On Wednesday (15), the Fed raised its policy rate by 0.75 percentage point, making the biggest rate adjustment since 1994 in a new attempt to combat persistent inflation in the United States .
The US central bank signaled, however, that it is unlikely that increases of the same magnitude will become common, which ended up favoring the positive closing of the stock markets. New York on Wednesday.
In Oceania, the stock exchange Australia was slightly in the red on Thursday, with the S&P/ASX 200 down 0.15% in Sydney at 6,591.10 points.
Source: CNN Brasil
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