Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Thursday, despite fresh data showing economic weakness in China and Japan, as investors pinned their hopes on further stimulus measures. The Japanese market is higher following the overnight gains on Wall Street and amid hopes for improved corporate earnings performance in Japan. Additionally, a weaker yen boosted exporters. Among the other Asian markets, Taiwan, Shanghai, South Korea, Singapore, Japan ,Hong Kong and Indonesia are higher with modest gains. Meanwhile, Malaysia is lower.The HSBC flash manufacturing PMI of China slipped to one year low at 49.2.
Nikkei 225 rose 82.98 points or 0.41% to 20,216.88, Taiwan Weighted increased 181.29 points or 1.89% to 9,794.29, Straits Times surged 13.03 points or 0.37% to 3,509.27, Hang Seng spurt 157.78 points or 0.56% to 28,091.63, KOSPI Index jumped 25.23 points or 1.18% to 2,169.12, Shanghai Composite added 9.23 points or 0.21% to 4,407.72 and Jakarta Composite was up by 13.55 points or 0.25% to 5,450.67.
On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI declined 2.82 points or 0.15 % to 1,851.95.
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