Asian markets end mostly higher on Friday

20 Dec 2019 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Friday after US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that a preliminary trade deal with China was ready for signing in early January. Mnuchin said the documentation was completely finished and just undergoing a technical ‘scrub’, though Beijing has so far dodged all details of the deal. China on Thursday unveiled a new list of import tariff exemptions for six chemical and oil products from the United States too supported the market sentiment. Chinese shares posted their third straight weekly gain on expectations of a growth recovery and a potential thawing in Sino-US trade relations ahead of the 2020 US presidential election. Meanwhile, Japanese shares ended lower on profit taking ahead of the year-end holiday after Japanese shares hit a 14-month high earlier this week on news of the tentative trade deal being finalised between Washington and Beijing.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,004.94
-12.13
-0.40

Hang Seng

27,871.35
70.86
0.25

Jakarta Composite

6,284.37
34.44
0.55

KLSE Composite

1,610.18

14.17

0.89

Nikkei 225

23,816.63
-48.22
-0.20

Straits Times

3,212.39
4.97
0.15

KOSPI Composite

2,204.18
7.62
0.35

Taiwan Weighted

11,959.08
-59.82
-0.50
 

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