CNBC – UPDATED THU, NOV 17 20222:07 AM EST
Shares in the Asia-Pacific traded mostly lower with the Hang Seng Index falling 2.09% as Chinese technology stocks saw sharp losses after Tencent announced to slash its over $20 billion-stake in Meituan.
In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.52% and the Shenzhen Component also fell 0.69%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.19% to close at 7,135.7 as the nation’s unemployment numbers came in better than expected.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 shed 0.35% to end the session 27,930.57 at while the Topix gained 0.15% to close at 1,966.28 as the country reported a trade deficit of $15.5 billion, bigger than forecasted in a Reuters poll. South Korea’s Kospi fell 1.14% after a delayed open, and closed its session at 2,448.06.
Economic leaders of the region will gather in Thailand for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Indonesia’s central bank continues its two-day meeting today — economists are expecting the benchmark interest rate to be raised by 50 basis points to 5.25%.
Overnight on Wall Street, U.S. stocks fell as investors weighed a gloomy fourth-quarter outlook cut from Target – triggering sharp losses in its stock price as well as other industry peers.
— CNBC’s Tanaya Macheel and Samantha Subin contributed to this report.
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