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The foremost Asia Pacific inventory indexes had been largely decrease on Monday, led by a steep drop in China as traders returned to the market following an prolonged vacation amid the quickly worsening coronavirus outbreak. The resumption of buying and selling on mainland China got here after an prolonged Lunar New Yr break amid an ongoing coronavirus outbreak that has taken greater than 300 lives within the nation to date.
On Monday, Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index settled at 22971.94, down 233.24 or -1.01, Hong Kong’s Hold Seng Index completed at 26356.98, up 44.35 or +0.17 and South Korea’s KOSPI Index closed at 2118.88, down $0.13 or -0.01%.
In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 Index settled at 6923.30, down 93.90 or -1.34% and China’s Shanghai Index closed at 2746.61, down 229.92 or -7.72%.
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