Asian markets are exhibiting mixed trend in the morning deals on Thursday, with investors treading cautiously, looking for direction after a flat close on Wall Street overnight. Investors, looking ahead to some crucial US economic data, including weekly jobless claims report, are also watching the situation in Ukraine. On the regional front, the Japanese stock market rose as the yen dropped due to the growing speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will delay a planned sales-tax increase and call an early election. In economy news, core machine orders in Japan jumped 2.9 percent on month in September to 831.6 billion yen. The headline figure topped forecasts for a decline of 1.0 percent but down from the 4.7 percent increase in August. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Shanghai, Indonesia, Hong Kong and South Korea are trading weak. Taiwan and Singapore are modestly higher, while, Malaysia is trading marginally higher.
Nikkei 225 spurted by 151.24 points or 0.88% to 17,348.29, Straits Times soared 16.72 points or 0.51% points or 3,300.43, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI improved 64.84 points or 0.23% to 28,073.74 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 15.08 points or 0.17% to 8,934.03.
On the flip side, Hang Seng declined by 9.54 points or 0.04% to 23,928.64, KOSPI Index contracted 5.47 points or 0.28% to 1,961.80, Jakarta Composite dipped 16.01 points or 0.32% to 5,032.83 and Shanghai Composite was down by 10.27 points or 0.41% to 2,484.20.
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