Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading mostly in green in the early deals on Friday with investors’ sentiments boosted by upbeat earnings results from US tech companies and optimism over US tax reform after House Republicans passed a budget resolution. In addition, the European Central Bank took its first cautious step toward normalization by announcing that it will reduce the size of its asset purchases at the start of next year while extended them for nine months. Japan's Nikkei share average jumped as the US dollar strengthened against the yen, boosting exporters' shares. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan are also in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is lower.
Nikkei 225 rose 243.51 points or 1.12% to 21,983.29, Straits Times gained 17.81 points or 0.53% to 3,374.06, Hang Seng jumped 236.05 points or 0.84% to 28,438.43, KOSPI Index added 13.96 points or 0.56% to 2,494.59, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI spurt 10.47 points or 0.6% to 1,747.27, Shanghai Composite increased 9.56 points or 0.28% to 3,417.12, and Taiwan Weighted was up by 7.19 points or 0.07% to 10,741.95.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was down by 3.38 points or 0.06% to 5,992.47.
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