Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Wednesday tracking the overnight gains on Wall Street as positive economic data, strong corporate earnings and a surge in the price of crude oil lifted investor sentiment. Meanwhile, the Japanese market is notably higher, tracking the positive lead overnight from Wall Street and the rebound in crude oil prices. Investors are awaiting the result of the Fed’s first meeting since financial turmoil began this year and Friday’s policy decision from the Bank of Japan. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan are also in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Shanghai is lower as investors awaited the US Federal Reserve's policy statement due later in the day. Profits earned by Chinese industrial firms in December fell 4.7 per cent from a year earlier, logging their seventh straight month of declines as the slowing economy hits sales and forces many companies to cut prices. That compared with a 1.4 percent drop in November and was the third-biggest drop in more than three years.
Nikkei 225 surged 405.18 points or 2.42% to 17,114.08, Hang Seng strengthen 106.51 points or 0.56% to 18,967.31, Taiwan Weighted added 14.29 points or 0.18% to 7,842.96, KOSPI Index gained 14.82 points or 0.79% to 1,886.51, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI spurt 5.61 points or 0.34% to 1,632.27, Jakarta Composite increased 33.70 points or 0.75% to 4,544.17, and Straits Times was up by 15.60 points or 0.61% to 2,561.21.
On the flip side, Shanghai Composite was down by 77.33 points or 2.81% to 2,672.45.
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