Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Wednesday, after Wall Street steadied and index compiler MSCI signaled Chinese shares will eventually be included in global benchmarks, a development that could attract more portfolio capital to the region. The Japanese market is higher, after briefly drifting into negative territory in early trades. Exporters are leading the gainers. In addition, better-than-expected core machinery order data boosted sentiment. Among the other Asian markets, Taiwan, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia are up with modest gains. Meanwhile, Shanghai and South Korea are lower.
Nikkei 225 gained 135.81 points or 0.68 % to 20,232.11, Taiwan Weighted increased 121.68 points or 1.32 % to 9,313.55, Hang Seng surged 55.98 points or 0.21 % to 27,045.50, Jakarta Composite added by 65.87 points or 1.34 % to 4,965.75, Straits Times rose 39.13 points or 1.19 % to 3,334.26 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up by 7.69 points or 0.44 % to 1,736.74.
On the flip side, KOSPI Index contracted 5.01 points or 0.24 % to 2,059.02 and Shanghai Composite was down by 22.83 points or 0.45 % to 5,090.71.
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