Most of the Asian market indices are trading higher in early deals on Wednesday, tracking the positive lead overnight from Wall Street after comments from top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow about trade talks with the Chinese government ‘at all levels’. Nevertheless, investors are treading cautiously ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit in Argentina later this week. Investors are also looking ahead to a speech by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell later in the day. The Japanese market is higher, tracking the positive cues overnight from Wall Street and a weaker yen. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Shanghai, Malaysia and South Korea are higher. Bucking the trend, Indonesia and Singapore are lower.
Nikkei 225 jumped 206.51 points or 0.93% to 22,158.91, Hang Seng climbed 240.39 points or 0.90% to 26,572.35, Taiwan Weighted gained 39.35 points or 0.40% to 9,817.97, Shanghai Composite added 22.16 points or 0.85% to 2,596.84, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI spurt 0.62 points or 0.04% to 1,685.59, and KOSPI Shares up by 5.13 points or 0.24% to 2,104.55
On the flip side, Straits Times declined 0.45 points or 0.01% to 3,089.95, and Jakarta Composite down by 7.86 points or 0.13% to 6,005.73.
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