Asian markets are mostly trading in green terrain in the early deals on Wednesday with investors indulging in some buying, tracking positive cues from Wall Street. Increase in U.S. technology shares and investors weighing slowing Chinese economic growth also contributed to the upmove. The Japanese market rose on bargain hunting after last week's steep losses and the yen's weakness against the greenback. On the economic front, Japan will release final February numbers for industrial production. Little change is expected from last month's preliminary reading that suggested an increase of 5.9% on month and 6.9% on year. Chinese stocks rose, led by financial companies, as investors weighed prospects for stimulus after data showed the nation’s economic growth slowed to the weakest pace in six quarters. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Korea and Shanghai are trading in positive territory, while Malaysia is down modestly.
Shanghai Composite rose 5.46 points or 0.26% to 2,107.06, Hang Seng increased by 142.66 points or 0.63% to 22,813.92, Jakarta Composite jumped 13.70 points or 0.28% to 4,883.92, Nikkei 225 soared by 332.51 points or 2.38% to 14,329.32, Straits Times added by 6.02 points or 0.19% to 3,252.34, KOSPI Composite rose 1.18 points or 0.06% to 1,993.45 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 4.01 points or 0.04% to 8,920.72.
On the flip side, KLSE Composite was down by 3.98 points or 0.21% to 1,849.90.
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