Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Wednesday, due to optimism after the release of upbeat data on China services activity. The data pointed that domestic demand is rising than international demand and an employment measurement also jumped, supporting market sentiments. Japan's Nikkei is in positive lead with a slightly weaker yen. However, weak cues from Wall Street after contraction in US factory activity for the first time since 2016 contributed to worries about the domestic and global economy, trimmed some gains in the markets. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan South Korea, Shanghai and Malaysia are advancing. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is in negative territory.
Nikkei 225 up 21.63 points or 0.10% to 20,646.79, Straits Times rose 12.42 points or 0.40% to 3,103.05, Hang Seng enlarged 302.34 points or 1.18% to 25,830.19, Taiwan Weighted gained 54.60 points or 0.52% to 10,612.81, KOSPI Index increased 5.28 points or 0.27% to 1,970.97, Shanghai rose 6.53 points 0.22% to 2,936.68, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was up1.04 points or 0.07% to 1,592.56.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite down by 17.85 points or 0.29% to 6,243.74.
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