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Asian markets head lower

AFP, Hong Kong
Asian stocks fell Wednesday on profit -taking, with Shanghai and Hong Kong hardest hit, as a number of dealers stayed away ahead of a rate decision by the Federal Reserve later in the day.
TOKYO: Down 1.42 percent. The Nikkei-225 slipped 150.46 points to 10,435.00. "The market is overheated based on a short-term analysis, but there aren't enough participants to push the Nikkei much lower,” Hideyuki Okoshi, head of equities at Chuo Securities, told Dow Jones Newswires.
HONG KONG: Down 3.03 percent, lite I lang Seng Index ended the session down 638.97 points at 20,435.24.
Dealers tracked a continued sell-off on the mainland, dealers said.
Analysts said they believe the index has been severely overbought following sharp gains in recent sessions.
SYDNEY: Up 0.26 percent. The
SAP/ASX200 rose 11.1 points to 4.343.1.
Better than expected full-year results from the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, one of the country's big four banks, buoyed financial stocks, said IG Markets analyst Ben Potter.
SHANGHAI: Down 4.66 percent. I he Shanghai Composite Index, which covers A and B shares, was down 152.01 points at 3,112.72.
SEOUL: Down 0.88 percent. The KOSP1 lost 13.86 points at 1,565.35.
Bank stocks fell sharply on the overnight decline of their US peers. KB Financial Group dropped 3.9 percent to 53,600 won.
TAIPEI: Down 0.15 percent. The weighted index fell 10.12 points to 6,898.90.
Losses were limited by gains in the electronics and food sector, said Andrew Teng of Taiwan International Securities.
"As agricultural losses from
Typhoon Morakot are more certain now, we see demand for food names recovering," said Teng
SINGAPORE: Down 1.00 percent.
The Straits Times Index fell 25.99 points to 2,571.31.
JAKARTA: Down 2.16 percent. The
Jakarta Composite Index lost 51.91 points to 2,347.35.
KUALA LUMPUR: Down 0.48 percent. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index lost 5.74 points to 1,180.54,
MANILA: Down 1.11 percent. The composite index shed 32.02 points to 2.828.52.
WELLINGTON: Up 0.79 percent. The NZX-50 rose 24.22 points to 3,079.69.
The market was lifted by a better than expected result by Fletcher Building,
MUMBAI: Down 0.36 percent. The 30-share Sensex fell 54.43 points to 15,020.16.