Asian markets end mostly higher on Monday

13 Jan 2020 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Monday as investors waiting the signing of a phase-one trade deal between the United States and China in Washington on January 15, 2020. Chinese shares ended higher, with Chinese electric-vehicle makers surging after the government signaled it would not make significant cuts to subsidies for new energy vehicles this year. However, the United States imposed additional sanctions on Iran and rebuffed the Iraqi government's request to begin discussions on pulling out troops. Reports of another rocket attack on an Iraqi airbase also kept investors nervous. US Job growth slowed more than expected in December and wage growth dropped below 3 percent for the first time since July 2018, while the unemployment rate stayed at a 50-year low of 3.5 percent, the Labor Department's monthly report showed. Meanwhile, the Japanese market was closed for the 'Respect for the Aged Day' holiday.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,115.57
23.28
0.75

Hang Seng

28,954.94
316.74
1.11

Jakarta Composite

6,296.57
21.63
0.34

KLSE Composite

1,585.92

-5.54

-0.35

Nikkei 225

-
-
-

Straits Times

3,251.07
-4.88
-0.15

KOSPI Composite

2,229.26
22.87
1.04

Taiwan Weighted

12,113.42
88.77
0.74

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