Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Monday as investors sentiments was bolstered by news that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has cleared US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of potential criminal charges in its private email server probe, just two days before the election. Investors shrugged off the weak cues from Wall Street on Friday amid concerns over the outlook for interest rates and continued weakness in the price of crude oil. The US Labor Department said that the number of jobs added in October was lower than expected, though figures for previous months were revised higher. The Japanese market has advanced over a percent as a weaker yen boosted investor sentiment after dollar strengthened on latest FBI report. Among the other Asian markets, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan are trading higher.
Nikkei 225 gained 247.55 points or 1.46% to 17,152.91, Hang Seng added 137.96 points or 0.61% to 22,780.58, Jakarta Composite surged 6.71 points or 0.13% to 5,369.37, KOSPI Index jumped 14.39 points or 0.73% to 1,996.41, Taiwan Weighted increased 111.92 points or 1.23% to 9,180.07, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose 0.80 points or 0.05% to 1,649.04, Straits Times increased 15.03 points or 0.54% to 2,803.83 and Shanghai Composite was up by 9.02 points or 0.29% to 3,134.34.
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