Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Tuesday

23 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in the early deals on Tuesday, in line with the modest gains followed by the mixed cues overnight from Wall Street. Crude oil prices surged to nearly six-month highs after the United States assured that it would soon impose sanctions on all buyers of Iranian oil, boosted the energy stocks. Japan's Nikkie is also in positive lead, though it pared some gains in the opening session as investors awaited cues ahead to earnings results from several big-name companies later this week. Among the other Asian markets, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia and Malaysia are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai are in negative territory.

Nikkei 225 up 2.29 points or 0.01% to 22,220.19, Taiwan Weighted up 7.29 points or 0.07% to 10,995.00, KOSPI Shares increased 1.45 points or 0.07% to 2,218.10, Jakarta Composite rose 44.98 points or 0.70% to 6,459.72, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lifted by 3.01 points or 0.19% to 1,625.07

On the flip side, Hang Seng decreased 24.91 points or 0.08% to 29,938.35, Straits Times dipped 2.14 points or 0.06% to 3,355.56 and Shanghai Composite contracted by 11.41 points or 0.35% to 3,203.63.

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