Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Friday following the positive lead overnight from Wall Street and the gain in crude oil prices, as investors digested mixed regional economic data and corporate earnings. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei share average soared as the Bank of Japan unexpectedly eased monetary policy further by introducing a negative interest rate policy. Though, some gains were capped on fresh economic data pointing to concerns over inflation and exports. The country's industrial output dropped by 1.4% in December from the previous month - weaker than estimates had suggested. Among the other Asian market, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan are also higher. Bucking the trend, South Korea, and Indonesia are down with modest losses.
Nikkei 225 surged 11.79 points or 0.07% to 17,053.24, Hang Seng added 348.89 points or 1.82% to 19,544.72, Taiwan Weighted strengthen 125.24 points or 1.58% to 8,030.34, Shanghai Composite increased 53.17 points or 2.00% to 2,708.83, Straits Times spurt 26.27 points or 1.03% to 2,588.72, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up by 13.71 points or 0.84% to 1,648.24.
On the flip side, KOSPI Index declined 10.57 points or 0.55% to 1,896.37, and Jakarta Composite was down by 16.49 points or 0.36% to 4,586.34.
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