Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Wednesday

20 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in the early deals on Wednesday, following the gains on Wall Street after US President Donald Trump repeated that he may extend a March 1 deadline for tariff increase on Chinese goods. The Japanese market is rising following the modest gains on Wall Street and on a weaker yen after Japan's trade deficit for January came in wider than expected. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia and South Korea are higher. Bucking the trend, Shanghai is lower.

Nikkei 225 added 86.18 points or 0.40% to 21,388.83, Taiwan Weighted gained 77.28 points or 0.76% to 10,229.54, Hang Seng spurt 187.45 points or 0.66% to 28,415.58, Straits Times rose 10.43 points or 0.32% to 3,270.23, Jakarta Composite jumped 6.06 points or 0.09% to 6,500.73, KOSPI Shares increased 18.66 points or 0.85% to 2,224.29, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up by 15.78 points or 0.92% to 1,722.34.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite down by 4.20 points or 0.15% to 2,751.45.

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