Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in early deals on Thursday, followed by US Central Bank's decision to keep interest rates unchanged though opened the door to a potential rate cut on the horizon. Japan's Nikkei traded positive in line with modest gains from Wall Street overnight and as the market participants eyed on impending Bank of Japan's monetary policy decision, later in the day. Optimism about a US-China trade deal also boosted market sentiments. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong kong, South Korea, Shanghai, and Malaysia, are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Indonesia and Taiwan are in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 up 139.95 points or 0.66% to 21,473.82, Straits Times was enlarge 26.00 points or 0.79% to 3,314.17, Hang Seng rose 284.25 points or 1.01% to 28,486.39,KOSPI Index climb 4.79 points or 0.23% to 2,129.57, Shanghai was up by 75.19 points or 2.58% to 2,992.99 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI increases 3.39 points or 0.20% to 1,669.93
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite was down by 4.50 points or 0.07% to 6,334.76, and Taiwan Weighted contracts 7.66 points or 0.07% to 10,767.68.
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