The main indicators in Asia moved with different signs, as the markets in Hong Kong in particular and China came under significant pressure, while in the rest of the continent there were slightly upward trends.
In particular, the Hang Seng in Hong Kong closed with losses of 2.47% and is moving at 21,404 units, while in China the Shanghai composite closed 1.17% lower at 3,212 units and the Shenzhen composite with -1.64% at 12,103 units.
Shares of Russian aluminum producer Rusal in Hong Kong lost 10% in the first hours of trading and lost 4%, continuing to decline after it became known that Australia had banned exports of alumina and ores such as bauxite. in Russia in the context of sanctions for the invasion of Ukraine.
The title of JD Logistics exerted additional pressure with a 14% dip after announcing that it is raising $ 1.09 billion through the sale of its shares.
At the same time, technology losses continued amid fears that the United States would remove Chinese giants from Wall Street, with Alibaba falling more than 6%, Tencent 2.7% and JD 6.3%. and Meituan by 7%.
In other Asian markets, in Japan the Nikkei closed with small gains of 0.14% at 28,148 units while Topix remained virtually unchanged, as did Kospi in Korea, in Australia the ASX 200 ended with a small increase of 0.26% at 7,406 units, as well as the FTSE Straits Times in Singapore which increased by 0.3% to 3,409 units.
Source: Capital
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