Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Monday

20 May 2019 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in the early deals on Monday, with the technical buying after previous session steep losses. Wall Street was down on previous session amid reports that US - China trade talks have stalled. Japanese Nikkei index rose tracking upbeat Japan GDP data which showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly grew in the first quarter and as the safe-haven yen weakened. Among the other Asian markets, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia are in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong, and Shanghai are in negative trend. Singapore market is on holiday due to Vesak Day.

Nikkei 225 up 65.82 points or 0.31% to 21,323.01, Taiwan Weighted higher by 38.68 points or 0.37% to 10,422.79, KOSPI Shares jump 11.90 points or 0.58% to 2,067.70, Jakarta Composite enlarge 55.17 points or 0.95% to 5,882.04 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rises by 6.17 points or 0.39% to 1,605.36.

On the flip side, Hang Seng down 162.71 points or 0.58% to 27,783.75, and Shanghai Composite dips by 15.31 points or 0.53% to 2,866.99.

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