Wed, 18 May 2016 07:13:16 GMT
Chinese shares fall as US Dollar goes up on Wednesday
Low performance in the US exchanges on Tuesday, due to speculations about future monetary policy, affected start of trading in Asian markets on Wednesday. Hang Seng index fell 1.1% to 19,889.55 points, Shanghai Composite dropped 1.1% to 2,811.75 points and Korean Kospi slipped 0.8% to 1,952.00 points. In the meantime Japanese Nikkei 225 index increased 0.6% to 16,748.36 points.