Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Wednesday

05 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks were trading higher in early deals on Wednesday, with persisting risk appetite in the market after China government injected liquidity to its economy to mitigate the impact of spreading coronavirus. Japan's Nikkei traded modestly higher in line with positive cues from Wall Street, and on weaker safe-haven yen. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, Indonesia, and Shanghai are in upward trend. However, Malaysian market traded lower.

Nikkei 225 up 321.38 points or 1.39% to 23,405.97, Straits Times hiked 24.58 points or 0.78% to 3,181.15, Hang Seng peaked 138.30 points or 0.52% to 26,814.28, Taiwan Weighted enlarged 28.21 points or 0.24% to 11,584.13, KOSPI Index rose 12.62 points or 0.58% to 2,170.52, Jakarta Composite increased by 29.61 points or 0.50% to 5,951.95, Shanghai lifted 45.46 points 1.63% to 2,828.75,

On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 2.37 points or 0.15% to 1,533.43.

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