Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Wednesday as china’s policy makers cut interest rates for the fifth time since November to boost the economy. The People’s Bank of China also reduced bank-reserve requirements by half of a percentage point, effectively adding 678 billion yuan (about $106 billion) to the Chinese economy. On the regional front, the Japanese market rebounding from the biggest two-day plunge since 2011 amid volatile trades following the mixed cues from US and European stock markets as well as the interest rate cut by China's central bank. Among other markets in the Asia-Pacific region, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Shanghai, Taiwan, South Korea are trading higher, while, Indonesia and Singapore are trading marginally lower.
Hang Seng gained 38.84 points or 0.18% to 21,443.80, KOSPI Index increased 37.21 points or 2.02% to 1,883.84, Shanghai Composite improved by 23.79 points or 0.80% to 2,988.76, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI spurted 12.27 points or 0.78% to 1,576.21, Nikkei 225 added 476.33 points or 2.68% to 18,283.03 and Taiwan Weighted was up by 46.17 points or 0.60% to 7,721.81.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite tumbled 20.34 points or 0.48% to 4,208.16 and Straits Times was down by 3.08 points or 0.11% to 2,883.21.
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