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Asia-Pacific markets mixed as shares in Japan, South Korea and China struggle for gains

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SINGAPORE — Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed on Thursday, following overnight losses on Wall Street, as shares in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland struggled for gains.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell 1.15% while in South Korea, the Kospi declined 0.84%. The Kosdaq was down 1.16%.

Japanese shares extended losses from the previous session — the benchmark Nikkei 225 index was down 0.49% while the Topix fell 0.28%.

Chinese mainland shares also traded lower: The Shanghai composite declined 0.42% while the Shenzhen component fell 0.6%.

Australian shares bucked the generally downward trend as the ASX 200 retraced early losses to trade up 0.2%. But the energy sector remained under pressure amid an overnight sell-off in crude futures. Oil plays like Santos, Oil Search and Woodside Petroleum fell between 0.73% to 1.34%.

The country’s so-called Big Four banks were also under pressure: Shares of ANZ were down 0.93%, Commonwealth Bank declined 0.85%, Westpac lost 0.72% and the National Australia Bank was down 0.86%.

“Equities were soft overnight on inflation concerns, as UK inflation came in stronger than expected and supply constraints weighed on housing starts in the US,” analysts at ANZ Research said in a morning note.

The U.K.’s Consumer Price Index rose by 4.2% in the 12 months to October, up from 3.1% in September and beating economists’ expectations of 3.9%.

Wednesday’s data is expected to add pressure on the Bank of England to act on interest rates at its December meeting. The central bank held rates steady in November, defying many investors’ expectations that it would be the first major central bank to hike rates following the coronavirus pandemic.

Oil prices declined in the previous session amid growing concerns about oversupply and a recovery in demand.

Price declined further Thursday during Asian trading hours. Brent crude futures fell 0.51% to $79.87 a barrel while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures dropped 0.86% to $77.69.

“The release of the weekly (U.S. Energy Information Administration) report showing a large fall in inventories did little to stop the selling,” ANZ Research analysts wrote Thursday.

“This may be due to the bearish tone that both the IEA and OPEC set earlier this week in their monthly oil market reports. Both expect the market to move into surplus in the not too distant future,” they added.

President Joe Biden‘s administration has also asked some of the world’s largest oil-consuming countries to consider releasing some of their crude reserves to coordinate efforts to push prices lower and help with economic recovery, according to media reports.

Elsewhere, in the currency market, the U.S. dollar pulled back slightly against a basket of its peers, trading down 0.07% at 95.760 — the dollar index is currently trading at levels not seen in more than a year.

“A general sense of uncertainty hangs over markets as risks around inflation persist along with the impending announcement of the US Fed Chair,” Venkateswaran Lavanya from Mizuho Bank said in a Thursday note.

The Japanese yen changed hands at 114.05 per dollar while the Australian dollar slipped 0.18% to $0.7253.

— CNBC’s Matt Clinch contributed to this report.

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