Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in the earlydeals on Wednesday as investors lapped up signs of progress in US-China tradetalks and brisk economic data. Meanwhile, Hong Kong stocks edge higher, pushinga rally into a seventh day as a report said China and the US were closing in ona trade deal.
Nikkei 225 added 179.45 points or 0.83% to 21,684.76, Taiwan Weighted gained 31.16 points or 0.29% to 10,721.46, KOSPI Shares climbed 14.48 points or 0.67% to 2,191.66, Hang Seng jumped 254.54 points or 0.86% to 29,879.21, Straits Times rose 26.44 points or 0.81% to 3,306.22, Shanghai Composite increased 7.36 points or 0.23% to 3,184.18, Jakarta Composite hiked 23.46 points or 0.36% to 6,476.07, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up by 9.15 points or 0.56% to 1,641.98.
