Asian markets show mixed trend ahead US Fed announcement

Asian markets ended mixed today as the world waited to hear from the US Federal Reserve when it would stop buying assets and start raising interest rates. So China's Shanghai Composite index ended 0.4 percent, lower; Hong Kong's Hang Seng index declined 0.9 percent and Singapore's Straits Times index shed 0.2 percent. But Japan's Nikkei-225 index gained 0.1 percent and South Korea's Kospi index ended marginally higher. In economic news, China&apos...