Most of the Asian market indices are trading in green in early deals on Thursday, following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street. Some support came in on report which showed that China's inflation for December came in below expectations. However, some gains were capped as US and Chinese officials wrapped up three days of talks in Beijing without significant breakthroughs. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, Shanghai and Malaysia are higher. Bucking the trend, Nikkei and Taiwan are in negative territory.
Hang Seng surged 97.16 points or 0.37% to 26,559.48, Shanghai Composite increased 5.74 points or 0.23% to 2,550.08, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI spurt 8.39 points or 0.50% to 1,676.22, Straits Times increased 19.87 points or 0.63% to 3,177.94, Jakarta Composite improved 25.07 points or 0.40% to 6,297.31, and KOSPI Shares up by 1.01 points or 0.05% to 2,065.72.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 dropped 235.39 points or 1.15% to 20,191.67, and Taiwan Weighted down by 32.09 points or 0.33% to 9,706.22.
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