Asian markets slightly weak; Nikkei slips 114pts

Most of the Asian markets were marginally in red.

While the Nikkei ended with a loss of 114 points at 17,179, the Hang Seng was down 49 points at 19,394. The Shanghai Composite index was down nine points at 2946.

The Straits Times index had slipped 19 points to 3163, and the Seoul Compositie index was down five points at 1436. The Taiwan Weighted index, however, was up 55 points at 7684.