Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher in early deals on Monday, following positive cues from Wall Street on Friday after market sentiments boosted with the reports that China and US are restarting trade talks and have agreed not to impose additional tariffs on each other's products. The decision came at the highly-anticipated meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday. Japanese Nikkei is trading modestly higher on account of easing trade tensions between the superpower nations. Among the other Asian markets, Singapore, Shanghai, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Hong Kong is in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 surge 441.23 points or 2.07% to 21,717.15, Straits Times dip 41.71 points or 1.26% to 3,363.32, Taiwan Weighted rise 168.65 points or 1.57% to 10,899.48, KOSPI Index increases 0.60 points or 0.03% to 2,131.22, Shanghai was surge by 55.92 points 1.88% to 3,034.80, Jakarta Composite enlarge by 20.14 points or 0.32% to 6,378.77and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up 6.97 points or 0.42% 1,679.10.
On the flip side, Hang Seng down 78.80 points or 0.28% to 28,542.62.
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