Asia stocks struggle for footing in volatile trade

MG News | March 19, 2020 at 10:05 AM GMT+05:00

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March 19, 2020: Asian shares opened amid volatile trade on Thursday (March 19), as the latest promise of stimulus from the European Central Bank propped up sentiment while the world struggles to contain the coronavirus pandemic.

In Japan, the benchmark Nikkei 225 opened up 1.61 percent at 16,995.77 points.

Most other indices fell, with the Hang Seng down five percent at midday.

In South Korea, stocks opened lower with the Korea Composite Stock Price Index down 4.61 points or 0.29 percent to 1,586.59 points as of 0015 GMT before plunging more than seven percent.

Reuters

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Name	Price/Vol	%Chg/NChg
KSE100	167,089.28 109.91M	-0.21% -352.63
ALLSHR	101,117.40 308.32M	-0.15% -155.10
KSE30	49,841.71 50.59M	-0.28% -142.15
KMI30	240,372.43 78.75M	-0.02% -45.72
KMIALLSHR	65,518.16 188.07M	-0.05% -35.70
BKTi	46,228.77 7.60M	-0.60% -281.04
OGTi	33,974.66 4.20M	-0.27% -91.31

Symbol	Bid/Ask	High/Low

Name	Last	High/Low	Chg/%Chg
BITCOIN FUTURES	82,905.00	82,905.00 82,645.00	435.00 0.53%
BRENT CRUDE	104.54	105.09 102.33	0.26 0.25%
RICHARDS BAY COAL MONTHLY	128.50	0.00 0.00	0.75 0.59%
ROTTERDAM COAL MONTHLY	143.40	143.40 143.40	-1.15 -0.80%
USD RBD PALM OLEIN	1,167.50	1,167.50 1,167.50	0.00 0.00%
CRUDE OIL - WTI	91.66	92.17 90.01	0.17 0.19%
SUGAR #11 WORLD	20.27	20.44 20.09	0.12 0.60%