Most of the Asian market indices are trading in green in early deals on Friday as investors cheered a more restrained Federal Reserve and US-China trade talks. The Japanese market is advancing, tracking a weaker yen as well as the overnight gains on Wall Street. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Shanghai are higher. Bucking the trend, Malaysia is in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 rose 204.37 points or 1.01% to 20,368.17, Taiwan Weighted added 31.21 points or 0.32% to 9,751.90, Hang Seng spurt 49.49 points or 0.19% to 26,570.92, Shanghai Composite increased 2.88 points or 0.11% to 2,537.98, Straits Times gained 15.41 points or 0.48% to 3,198.92, Jakarta Composite improved 12.32 points or 0.19% to 6,341.03, and KOSPI Shares up by 9.89 points or 0.48% to 2,073.17.
On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 0.37 points or 0.02% to 1,678.51.
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