At 7: 46 am (IST) Asian markets were trading lower. China's Shanghai Composite was flat at 2,919.07.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.39% or 88.16 points at 22,769.74.
Japan's Nikkei slipped 1.52% or 145.92 points at 9,462.40.
Singapore's Straits Times was flat at 3,008.28.
South Korea's Seoul Composite was flat at 2,011.90.
Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted was flat at 8,505.17.
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