Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in red in the early deals on Friday, with the softer crude oil prices dragging energy stocks and investors remained cautious amid the impending release of jobs report for April from US Labor Department. The negative trend led by the Wall Street after the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell doused hopes of a near-term rate cut also dampened sentiments. Markets in Japan and China are closed for public holidays. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia and are in negative territory. Bucking the trend Taiwan is in positive lead.
Hang Seng down 6.45 points or 0.02% to 29,937.73, Straits Times plung 10.65 points or 0.31% to 3,382.68, KOSPI Shares decreases 15.85 points or 0.72% to 2,196.90, Jakarta Composite down 87.57 points or 1.37% to 6,286.85, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dips by 0.23 points or 0.01% 1,632.01.
On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted climb 74.36 points or 0.68% to 11,078.85.
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