Asian markets ended mostly higher on Thursday. Chinese shares ended higher as a dim services sector survey reinforced hopes that Beijing will roll out more stimulus measures to prop up growth. Japanese shares ended higher after reports emerged that the United States will soon issue licenses allowing some US companies to supply non-sensitive goods to China’s Huawei Technologies Company in a bid to resolve the trade war. Investors shrugged off official data showing that core machine orders in Japan fell a seasonally adjusted 2.4 percent on month in August. That missed expectations for a flat reading following the 6.6 percent decline in July. Meanwhile, Taiwan's market is closed for a holiday today.
Asian Indices | Last Trade | Change in Points | Change in % |
Shanghai Composite | 2,947.71 | 22.85 | 0.78 |
Hang Seng | 25,707.93 | 25.12 | 0.10 |
Jakarta Composite | 6,023.64 | -5.52 | -0.09 |
KLSE Composite | 1,551.87 | 0.64 | 0.04 |
Nikkei 225 | 21,551.98 | 95.60 | 0.45 |
Straits Times | 3,089.48 | -0.42 | -0.01 |
KOSPI Composite | 2,028.15 | -18.10 | -0.88 |
Taiwan Weighted | - | - | - |
