All the Asian equity indices barring KLSE Composite are trading higher in the early deals on Thursday, tracking cues from Wall Street where the major averages closed with strong gains overnight following a positive reaction to the minutes of the Federal Reserve's April meeting. Reports showing improvements in Chinese and Japanese manufacturing activity are contributed to the upmove. The Japanese market surged with a stronger dollar and the overnight gains on Wall Street prompting investors to indulge in some hectic buying at several counters. In the economy news, an index measuring manufacturing activity in Japan touched a two-month high, coming in at a seasonally adjusted score of 49.9 in May, that's up from 49.4 in April, although it remains just below the mark of 50 that separates expansion from contraction. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan are trading notably higher. Shanghai and Singapore are up with modest gains, while Malaysia is down marginally.
Shanghai Composite rose 8.30 points or 0.41% to 2,033.25, Hang Seng increased by 170.49 points or 0.75% to 23,007.01, Jakarta Composite surged 39.87 points or 0.81% to 4,950.17, Nikkei 225 spurted by 288.01 points or 2.05% to 14,330.18, Straits Times jumped 3.41 points or 0.10% to 3,265.19, Seoul Composite climbed 11.42 points or 0.57% to 2,019.75 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 98.35 points or 1.11% to 8,960.77.
On the flip side, KLSE Composite was down by 1.45 points or 0.08% to 1,875.58.
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