At 9: 26am (IST), Asian markets were trading lower. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was down 1.09% or 226.77 points at 20,564.21.
Japan's Nikkei was down 0.89% or 86.93 points at 9,733.06.
Singapore's Straits Times was flat at 2,985.20.
South Korea's Seoul Composite was down 0.14% or 2.90 points at 2,015.71.
Taiwan's Taiwan Weighted shed 1.62% or 125.78 points at 7,635.07.
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