Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in early deals on Thursday, as investors eyed on developments on trade talks ahead to the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G-20 summit. The market sentiments boosted up with the optimistic comments from US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about a potential US-China trade deal. The Japanese Nikkei is trading higher despite mixed cues from US stocks, in line with a softer yen lifting exporters' shares. Meanwhile, the Japan market awaited reports from the Bank of Japan on first-quarter data for money flow. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, South Korea, Indonesia and Taiwan, are trading higher. Bucking the trend, Malaysia is in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 rose 200.00 points or 0.95% to 21,286.59, Straits Times up 20.58 points or 0.62% to 3,321.83, Taiwan Weighted jump 320.25 points or 1.13% to 28,542.23, KOSPI Index enlarge 15.99 points or 0.75% to 2,137.84, Shanghai was increases by 26.44 points 0.89% to 3,002.72, Jakarta Composite rises by 27.51 points or 0.44% to 6,338.00 and Hang Seng up 320.25 points or 1.13% to 28,542.23.
On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreases 0.48 points or 0.03% to 1,674.01.
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