Asian stocks mixed after Wall St ends 2021 with big gain
Asian stock markets are mixed on 2022′s first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain
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Your support makes all the difference.Asian stock markets were mixed Monday on 2022′s first trading day after Wall Street ended last year with a double-digit gain.
Hong Kong retreated while Seoul gained. Markets in Japan, China and Australia were closed.
Wall Stree ’s benchmark S&P 500 index slipped Friday amid lingering worries about the coronavirus’s omicron variant but ended 2021 with an annual gain of 26.9%.
“It remains to be seen to what extent the optimism of the New Year will be reflected in financial markets,” said Venkateswaran Levanya of Mizuho Bank in a report.
The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost 0.6% to 23,252.69 while Seoul’s Kospi rose 0.4% to 2,990.80.
India's Sensex opened up 1% at 58,809.99. Singapore, Jakarta and Malaysia advanced. Thai markets were closed.
Also Monday, Singapore’s government announced its economy grew by 7.2% last year, rebounding from the previous year’s 5.4% contraction.
On Friday, the S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to 4,766.18. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 0.2% to 36,338.30. The Nasdaq fell 0.6% to 15,644.97.
In energy markets, benchmark U.S. crude rose 56 cents to $75.77 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract fell $1.78 on Friday to $75.21. Brent crude, the price basis for international oils, gained 54 cents to $78.32 per barrel in London. It lost $1.75 the previous session to $77.78 per barrel.
The dollar advanced to 115.28 yen from Friday’s 115.09 yen. The euro declined to $1.1341 from $1.1383.