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Asian shares lower after BOJ meeting | |
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Asian shares slipped lower as the Bank of Japan kept its monetary policy unchanged, a month after it announced a surprise easing. | |
News of a snap election and the delay of a sales tax increase in Japan had little impact on the markets. | |
As widely expected, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an early election, two years ahead of schedule, after the markets closed on Tuesday. | |
The Nikkei 225 closed 0.3% lower at 17,288.75. | |
The dollar rose to another seven-year high of 117.40 yen, up from 116.83 yen in New York trade. | |
Shares in auto parts maker Takata fell 7.4% to a five and a half year low after US regulators called for the recall of its air bags to be expanded to across the whole of the country. | |
In Hong Kong, shares were down 0.6% with the Hang Seng index at 23,393.44. | |
Shanghai's Composite index was also lower, down 0.2% at 2,451.76. | |
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In Australia, shares ended lower, marking three consecutive days of declines. | |
The S&P/ASX 200 index was down 0.6% to 5,368.8 with the benchmark now 1.5% lower for the week. | |
Shares of Australia's third-largest iron ore miner Fortescue Metals fell by more than 7% to five-year lows as iron ore prices continued to slump as a result of oversupply and slowing Chinese demand. | |
South Korea's share index traded flat at 1,966.87 after ending a three-day losing streak on Tuesday. | |
Economic data showed that in October producer prices fell for a third consecutive month. The producer price index fell 0.7% from a year earlier- the biggest annual decline since February's 0.9% fall. | |