Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading up in the early deals on Monday following the record closing highs on Wall Street Friday and on easing worries about North Korea. Investors are now looking ahead to the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan's meetings later this week for clues on the direction of monetary policy. Meanwhile, Hong Kong stocks is higher as traders tracked another record close on Wall Street while looking ahead to the Federal Reserve's latest policy meeting later in the week. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan are also in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Indonesia and Malaysia are lower. The Japanese market is closed for a public holiday.
Hang Seng jumped 290.66 points or 1.05% to 28,098.25, Shanghai Composite gained 8.33 points or 0.25% to 3,361.95, KOSPI Index rose 26.67 points or 1.12% to 2,412.74, Taiwan Weighted added 44.83 points or 0.42% to 10,625.24, and Straits Times was up by 33.93 points or 1.06% to 3,243.49.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite declined 12.16 points or 0.21% to 5,860.23, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was down by 0.38 points or 0.02% to 1,785.95.
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