BANGKOK (AP) - Asian markets were mostly lower Tuesday, as Japan's inability to tame a nuclear crisis sentiment cast a shadow over investment.
1.2 Per cent to 9,606.72, in the midst of frantic--and unsuccessful--efforts deleted Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index, a radioactive leak at a nuclear power plant by a monster damaged earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern coast of the country on 11 March.
Shares of Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc., the utility known as TEPCO, which operates the plant, since in the free fall of the disaster nose-diving one amazing 80 percent. On Tuesday, you press the stock lows after dropping 12 percent in the morning session.
TEPCO's coastal Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant is leaking radiation, since the Quake and tsunami from its critical cooling systems, explosions and fires leading knocked. The company is now leaks fight, contain radioactive water.
Power plant export sector slipped down shares in Japan's, hit hard by chain disruptions and power to disable defects which have forced many factories or reduce output. Toyota Motor Corp., the world's largest automaker, fell by 2.7 per cent. Honda Motor Corp fell 2.5 percent and Nissan Motor Corp., fell by 2.7 per cent.
"The fault begins to visible Japanese supply chains are." Honda slows down the North American production, but it also announced it will home production again in two weeks, "Bank of America Merrill Lynch said in a report adding that Nissan will cut output by 10 percent in China was."
Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi fell 0.3% to 2,109.41. benchmarks in Singapore index, the Philippines and Indonesia were also lower. Markets in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China and Taiwan were closed on official holidays.
Australia's S & P ASX 200 climbed 0.3% 4,899.80. New Zealand's benchmark was also higher.
The Bank of Japan meets this week and investors are looking to see whether it adopted further political action. The Central Bank has to billion yen in the business liquidity flows pumped by the system. It was after last month's disaster stop the export increasing appreciation of the yen and international support.
Benchmark crude oil delivery may fell 24 cents to $108.23 on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract could be in $108.47 per barrel on Monday, 30-month high as fighting in Libya and unrest in the Middle East continue to doubt on future deliveries to increase a fresh.
In currencies, the dollar rose to 84.33 Yen 84.04 late Monday in New York. The euro was at $1.4190, of $1.4216.
Trading volume was light on Wall Street on Monday.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 0.2% to 12,400.03. The S & P 500 rose by less than a point to 1,332.87. The NASDAQ Composite fell less than a point on 2,789.19.
(This version CORRECTS corrects name of Tokyo utility TEPCO in paragraph 2;) Adds company details. (Small edit)
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