Full access to Chinese financial markets is one of the simmering trade disputes between the US and China
The lack of a clear frontrunner among the three main parties is also adding to uncertainty among investors
Japan's Nikkei was down 0.5 per cent and South Korea's KOSPI slid 0.5 per cent
Wall Street shares ticked up on Wednesday, despite sharp decline in energy prices
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged 0.2% lower
Overnight, Wall Street indexes slipped between 0.1% and 0.2%, with Apple leading losses on the Dow
Dollar pulled up from near two-week lows and sterling languished under the weight of political fears
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2% on Wednesday
Asian stocks were shackled by holidays in some regional markets and the United States and UK
India is the second-most preferred market (overweight) in the Asia (excluding Japan) region, an investor sentiment survey carried out by Credit Suisse shows. Chinese stocks listed in Hong Kong are the most-preferred, while those listed on the mainland are the third-most preferred, as per the survey. Meanwhile, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Australia were the least preferred markets (underweight). The survey was conducted during Credit Suisse's 20th Asia investment conference held between March 27 and March 30.Participants choose Asia ex-Japan as the region that will provide the biggest upside for equity investors in 2017, followed by Europe and US. Investors saw US trade policies as the biggest risk to the markets, followed by geopolitical risks.More than half of those polled said the Asia Pacific index will go up more than 10 per cent in 2017, while a third expect the index to remain flat. Overall, the investor sentiment was positive as most participants were in favour of a high-beta ...
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.2%
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China's official PMI rose to 51.7 in November, staying above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan dropped 0.4 per cent while Japan's Nikkei fell 1.1 per cent
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Oil prices pulled back after rising 7 per cent in two days after OPEC agreed to its first output cuts in eight years
Oil, weighed down by waning hopes that a meeting of producers would reduce oversupply, also soured sentiment
Shanghai put on 0.6 per cent, while South Korea added 0.6 per cent. Liquidity was lacking with Tokyo closed for a holiday
Yen was also dented by the Nikkei newspaper report on the BOJ and negative rates