10th January 2012
The Hong Kong Hang Seng index has fallen in trading this afternoon (January 9th) after investors continued to fear contamination of markets over the eurozone debt crisis.
It fell by 0.2 per cent in trading by the close of today's session, while Japan's Nikkei was closed as a result of public holiday, Forex Pros reports.
Asian markets have fared poorly overall though, with Australia’s S&P/ASX200 also down by 0.15 per cent.
Traders have remained downbeat over recent weeks and the worsening of eurozone sentiment is now even overshadowing promising data coming out of the US of possible signs of recovery.
Last month, the Hang Seng index was down by 2.7 per cent on December 23rd after a fall in confidence that eurozone leaders had reached a binding agreement on tackling the region's debt issues in their recent summit.
The Nikkei also fell by 1.5 per cent on the day, while the ASX200 was down by 1.8 per cent.
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