12th March 2014
Ongoing concerns regarding the health of the Chinese economy have continued to weigh on Asian markets today (March 11th).
Taking their cue from a soft close on Wall Street, traders cited simultaneous fears over the tensions in Ukraine and China's progress as they moved away from riskier assets.
As a result, the Japanese yen strengthened against the dollar in forex trading markets, reducing repatriated earnings for Tokyo's heavyweight exports.
The Nikkei 225 consequently dropped sharply, ending the session down by 2.59 per cent at 14,830.39 points. Mazda and Nissan led the losses with shares falling by three per cent and two per cent respectively.
Chinese stocks weakened amid speculation further domestic bond defaults may be forthcoming. The Shanghai Composite closed 0.2 per cent lower, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng slumped by 1.6 per cent.
In Australia, weak commodity prices dragged markets lower, causing the ASX/200 to lose 0.55 per cent, with PanAust and Oz Minerals shedding four per cent and 2.5 per cent respectively.
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