SINGAPORE — Stocks in Asia-Pacific declined in Wednesday morning trade after major indexes on Wall Street snapped their multi-day winning streaks overnight.
The Nikkei 225 in Japan slipped 0.35% in early trade on Wednesday, after surging more than 2% on Tuesday to close at a level not seen since August 1990, according to data from Refinitiv. The Topix index dipped 0.7%.
South Korea’s Kospi declined 0.13%. Shares in Australia also fell, with the S&P/ASX 200 down about 0.9%.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan traded 0.16% lower.
Wednesday is the final trading day in 2020 for stocks in Japan and South Korea as their markets will be closed on Thursday.
Currencies
The U.S. dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of its peers, was at 89.994 as it slipped below the 90 level.
The Japanese yen traded at 103.52 per dollar, having strengthened from levels above 103.8 against the greenback seen earlier this week. The Australian dollar changed hands at $0.7611, following a bounce this week from around the $0.756 level.
Source: CNBC