Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Friday, on restored trade deal optimism after the report that the US is getting close to a trade agreement with China. Though, some gains were trimmed on account of downcast economic data out of US, Europe, and Asia. Japan's Nikkei is trading higher, despite lackluster cues from Wall Street overnight. Among the other Asian markets, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, South Korea and Shanghai are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Malaysia is in lower trend.
Nikkei 225 up 163.01 points 0.70% to 23,304.56, Straits Times rose 3.26 points or 0.10% to 3,235.11, Hang Seng increased 85.17 points or 0.32% to 26,408.86, Taiwan Weighted widened 78.37 points or 0.68% to 11,528.79, Jakarta Composite enlarged by 31.51 points or 0.52% to 6,130.46, KOSPI Index jumped 20.78 points or 0.97% to 2,160.01, and Shanghai lifted 0.95 points or 0.03% to 2,910.82.
On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI was down 0.09 points or 0.01% to 1,593.46.
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