Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Friday as investors went for bargain hunting after US stocks snapped a five-day losing streak to close higher overnight. However, gains are muted in most markets amid concerns over next week's Brexit vote. Crude oil prices rose in Asian trades after falling to a one-month low overnight. Japan's Nikkei share average rebounded and recovered from four-month lows after the yen took a breather from its recent strong gains, lifting all sectors into positive territory. Though, worries about a coming UK vote on European Union membership have left the region’s markets badly bruised, capped some gains. Among the other Asian markets, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia are also higher. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 surged 189.28 points or 1.23% to 15,623.42, Hang Seng gained 116.89 points or 0.58% to 20,155.31, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI added 6.40 points or 0.40% to 1,621.30, Taiwan Weighted spurt 65.12 points or 0.77% to 8,559.26, KOSPI Index rose 1.85 points or 0.09% to 1,953.84, Straits Times increased 4.20 points or 0.15% to 2,755.76, and Shanghai Composite was up by 26.28 points or 0.91% to 2,899.10.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was down by 1.86 points or 0.04% to 4,812.53.
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