Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green on Wednesday amid invertors eyed on interest rate hints ahead to the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s two days of testimony on monetary policy before the US Congress. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei is in negative territory due to worries about rising Japan-South Korea trade tensions. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia, are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Shanghai and Malaysia are in negative territory.
Straits Times up 19.61 points or 0.59% to 3,349.07, Hang Seng rises 89.13 points or 0.32% to 28,205.41, Taiwan Weighted increases 57.64 points or 0.54% to 10,760.42, KOSPI Index enlarge 12.37 points or 0.60% to 2,064.40, and Jakarta Composite jumps by 14.32 points or 0.22% to 6,402.64,
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 down 7.80 points or 0.04% to 21,557.35, Shanghai was deminish by 0.55 points 0.02% to 2,927.68, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreases 2.69 points or 0.16% to 1,680.18.
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