Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher in early deals on Friday amid anticipations for more dovish policy measures by the governments to curtail strain on global economy with the coronavirus. Meanwhile, China is set to halve tariff rates on certain US products worth about $75 billion with effect later on Friday, as previously announced by Beijing in early February. However, concerns around the ongoing coronavirus outbreak continued to pressure market sentiment. Japan's Nikkei is in negative trend in line with weak US stock exchange overnight. Japan exporters are weak despite a slightly weaker yen. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Shanghai are in positive lead. Bucking the trend, Japan, Indonesian and Malaysian are trading lower.
Straits Times dipped 4.00 points or 0.12% to 3,224.09, Hang Seng narrowed 165.49 points or 0.60% to 27,895.49,Taiwan Weighted enlarged 22.75 points or 0.19% to 11,814.53, KOSPI Index trimmed 12.28 points or 0.55% to 2,245.24 and Shanghai increased 15.18 points 0.52% to 2,921.25.
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 slipped 132.61 points or 0.56% to 23,695.12, Jakarta Composite diminished by 3.40 points or 0.06% to 5,868.55 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down 0.63 points or 0.04% to 1,538.53.
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