Asian Markets Mostly Lower Amid Cautious Trades
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Thursday after strong gains in the previous sessions and following the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street as the release of some upbeat economic data raised concerns of additional U.S. stimulus. Investors also turned cautious as they digested local corporate earnings results.
The Australian market is declining after three days of gains.
The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Index is losing 32.50 points or 0.48 percent to 6,792.10 and the broader All Ordinaries Index is lower by 26.90 points or 0.38 percent to 7,064.00.
The major miners are weak. Rio Tinto is lower by almost 1 percent, while BHP Group and Fortescue Metals are down 0.2 percent each.
Asian Shares Retreat On Liquidity Worries
CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stocks fell on Thursday as investors booked profits after recent strong gains on earnings optimism and amid firm signs of economic recovery.
A spike in short-term interest rates raised worries that Chinese policymakers may be starting to shift to a tighter stance to rein in share prices and property markets.
Chinese shares drifted lower as the country s short-term interest rates rose again, raising worries over signs of liquidity tension ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.
The benchmark Shanghai Composite index slid 15.45 points, or 0.44 percent, to 3,501.86, while Hong Kong s Hang Seng index ended down 193.96 points, or 0.66 percent, at 29,113.50.
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“K” LINE to Expand Sharing Of Ship Operation Data To Enhance Utilization Of Big Data In The Maritime Industry
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE) and Ship Data Center Co., Ltd. (ShipDC) have agreed to share operation data of all “K” LINE fleet equipped with “Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions” 1 through IoS Open Platform (IoS-OP) 2, the ship IoT data sharing platform promoted by ShipDC.
“K” LINE had so far stored operation data collected from several vessels equipped with Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions to IoS-OP, and has now agreed to expand the sharing for all its owned fleet of about 140 vessels.