Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Monday

22 Dec 2014 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Monday, with most of them rising sharply on firmer commodity prices. A positive lead from Wall Street where stocks extended their gains on Friday thanks to optimism about the U.S. economy and easing concerns about interest rates is also contributing to the fairly upbeat mood in the region. The Japanese market retreated after a positive start, with stocks seeing some profit-taking after recent strength. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Shanghai are up sharply. Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore are also up with strong gains, while Indonesia is up marginally.

Hang Seng rose by 270.65 points or 1.17% to 23,387.28, KOSPI Index jumped 6.75 points or 0.35 % to 1,936.73, Straits Times added 26.76 points or 0.82% to 3,306.29, Jakarta Composite increased 31.28 points or 0.61% to 5,144.62, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI improved by 24.53 points or 1.43% to 1,740.52, Shanghai Composite spurted by 52.17 points or 1.71% to 3,109.69 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 75.07 points or 0.83% to 9,074.59.

On the flip side, Nikkei  225 was down by 31.10 points or 0.18% to 17,590.30.

 

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