Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Wednesday

19 Feb 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green in early deals on Wednesday, tracking China's progress in returning to work as the country deals with the coronavirus outbreak, followed by the report that more than 80% of its central state-owned enterprises of the country roughly 20,000 manufacturing subsidiaries have resumed to work. However, US stocks continued to ebb amid still lingering fears on the impact of the coronavirus epidemics capped gains. Japan's Nikkei traded higher with weaker yen, despite weaker trade data for January, with a decline in exports about 2.6% YoY. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Shanghai are trading higher. Bucking the trend, South Korea and Malaysian are trading negative.

Nikkei 225 up 214.15 points or 0.92% to 23,407.95, Straits Times enlarged 21.79 points or 0.68% to 3,218.42, Hang Seng rose 120.44 points or 0.44% to 27,650.64, Taiwan Weighted widened  127.89 points or 1.10% to 11,776.87, Jakarta Composite lifted by 30.71 points or 0.52% to 5,917.67 and Shanghai increased  9.10 points 0.30% to 2,994.07.

On the flip side, KOSPI Index trimmed 4.72 points or 0.21% to 2,204.16 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI tumbled 2.27 points or 0.15% to 1,534.81.

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