Mixed Asian equities driven by US data releases

FXstreet.com (Chicago) – Equities in Asia print mixed results ahead of more US data after disappointing job market results that favor the assumption stating the QE from the Fed will not happen until next March 2014.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 prints 0.15% gains similarly to the S&P/ASX 200 advancing 0.33%. The Korean Kospi also prints gains at 0.02%. The rest of the stocks register losses with the Shanghai Composite down 0.83% along the Hang Seng 40 down 0.52%. In Indonesia, the IDX is down 1.43% matching losses in India with the S&P CNX Nifty retracing 0.03% and the Sensex down 0.14%.

Wall Street closed with gains on Tuesday on disappointing job market results and speculations about the Fed’s decision to taper.