Asian markets end mostly in green on Friday

29 Mar 2019 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly in green on Friday as investors remained hopeful that the US and China would ultimately reach a deal to end their protracted trade war. A rise in benchmark US bond yields also helped revive investors' appetite for riskier assets. Chinese shares led regional gains as the US delegation led by trade representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin arrived in Beijing on Thursday for the latest round of talks. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is expected to travel to Washington next week, but any final deal to end the trade war is expected to be agreed only at a proposed summit between President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump. Further, Japanese shares ended higher as investors reacted to a mixed bag of local economic data. Retail sales dipped slightly in February from the previous month, while industrial output grew for the first time in four months and the jobless rate hit nine-month low, separate reports showed.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,090.76
95.82
3.20

Hang Seng

29,051.36
276.15
0.96

Jakarta Composite

6,468.76
-12.03
-0.19

KLSE Composite

1,643.63

2.30

0.14

Nikkei 225

21,205.81
172.05
0.82

Straits Times

3,212.88
9.30
0.29

KOSPI Composite

2,140.67
12.57
0.59

Taiwan Weighted

10,641.04
104.78
0.99

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