Wall Street, Beijing Signals Damp Asian Stock Markets

05:52 AM EST, 12/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets traded mixed on the low side Tuesday, as traders weighed overnight declines on Wall Street, and signals from Beijing while awaiting the latest monetary policy announcement and outlook by the US Federal Reserve due Wednesday.

Tokyo finished marginally in green, while Hong Kong and Shanghai lost ground. Other regional exchanges were similarly mixed.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened evenly, waffled and finished up 0.1% as traders held on to tech shares.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 73.16 to 50,655.10, as gaining issues outnumbered losers 115 to 109.

Leading the upside was imaging-house Konica Minolta, up 5.7%, while cybersecurity provider Trend Micro declined 4.1%.

In economic news, a powerful earthquake that struck northeastern Japan late Monday has undercut expectations that the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates at its Dec. 18-19 meeting, The Mainichi reported.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened lower and traveled south, closing off 1.3%, as traders backed away from property shares after a disappointing economy-related announcement in Beijing.

The broad gauge Hang Seng fell 331.13 to 25,434.23 as losing issues outnumbered gainers 71 to 16. The Hang Seng TECH Index lost 1.9% on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index fell 3.5%.

Leading the upside was Wuxi Biologics, gaining 1.9%, while Xinyi Glass slid 8.1%.

On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.4% to 3,909.52.

In economic news, the Politburo in Beijing released a statement regarding the pending annual Central Economic Work Conference, but which did not mention specific programs for the nation's struggling property sector.

On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI fell 0.3%; the Taiwan TWSE declined 0.4%; the Australian ASX 200 lost 0.5%; the Singapore Straits Times Index rose 0.1%, and the Thai Set inclined 0.7%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was down 0.5%.

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