Valuations of Asian Stocks Slip to a 16-Month Low

Valuations of Asian Stocks Slip to a 16-Month Low
A pedestrian holding an umbrella looks at an electronic board the stock market indices of various countries outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan on July 6, 2015. Yuya Shino/Reuters
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Valuations of Asian equities hit a 16-month low at the end of September, as concerns over an economic slowdown in China and growing expectations of monetary policy tightening by major central banks dragged down equity markets.

The MSCI Asia-Pacific index fell 2.3 percent last month and its forward 12-month P/E ratio was 14.6 at the end of September, the lowest since May 2020, according to Refinitiv data.