Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Thursday, as the central banks of India, New Zealand and Thailand -all have made aggressive cuts to interest rates and participants eyed for additional rate cuts by Federal Reserve in the United States, to brace the global economy amid rising fears of slowdown. The markets also buoyed with Chinese customs data showing a surprise jump in the country’s July exports despite a protracted trade war with the United States. Further, People’s Bank of China’s daily fix of the Yuan midpoint was set at 7 per dollar on Thursday; its weakest since April 2008 spread the optimism. The Japanese Nikkei is in positive lead, with the report that Japanese government approved some exports of semiconductor manufacturing materials to South Korea, marking the first approvals after Tokyo tightened export controls in July. Among the other Asian markets, Shanghai, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and Malaysia are in positive lead. On the flip side, Singapore is trading lower.
Nikkei 225 rose 98.58 points or 0.48% to 20,615.14, Hang Seng jumped 173.38 points or 0.67% to 26,170.41, KOSPI Index increased 18.47 points or 0.97% to 1,928.18, Shanghai elevated 25.24 points 0.91% to 2,793.92, Taiwan Weighted increased 93.31 points or 0.90% to 10,479.49, Jakarta Composite rose by 45.91 points or 0.74% to 6,250.11, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up 6.88 points or 0.43% to 1,611.58. However, Straits Times down 13.72 points or 0.43% to 3,170.97.
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