Tokyo's main index closes lower as Asian stocks fall on the back of negative tones on Wall St

  • Session high 21,901.13
  • Session low 21,645.22

Equities remain on the backfoot today, as sentiment from Wall Street spills over to Asian trading as well. The Hang Seng is down by 0.45%, Kospi down by 1.17%, Taiex down by 0.27%. Earlier, Australia's ASX 200 closed lower by 0.71% as well.

The only ones to buck the trend among the major indices are Chinese shares, with the Shanghai Composite and CSI 300 300 flat on the day and up by 0.12% respectively.