“Asian stock markets” opened negative this morning, with the Nikkei index falling 122 points, keeping an eye on China-Australia trade data.

On September 7, 2566 Asian stock market Open the morning session minus It follows the US stock market falling on Wednesday (September 6) and before China and Australia released trade data today.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's Nikkei Index opened in the morning at 33,118.55 points, down 122.47 points or -0.37%, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Hang Seng Index opened in the morning at 18,437.48 points, down 12.5 points or -0.07% and the Shanghai Composite Index. The Chinese stock market opened in the morning at 3,152.20 points, down 5.88 points or -0.19%.

Economists in a survey conducted by Reuters predicted that Monthly import and export totals China's Aug. will decline 9.2% and 9% year-on-year, after falling 14.5% and 12.4% in July.

All three major indices of the US stock market declined yesterday. after investors flocked to sell stocks from concerns that The US Federal Reserve (Fed) may not end its policy rate hike yet.

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• Dow Jones closed down 198.78 points on fears of rising inflation, encouraging the Fed to keep interest rates high.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.57%, the S&P 500 was down 0.7% and the Nasdaq Composite was down 1.06%.