Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Monday

06 Apr 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher in early deals on Monday, on back of hopes that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. New York State reported its first decline in the number of daily coronavirus-related deaths as well as hospitalizations on Sunday, buoying the sentiments. Japan's Nikkei is advancing and major exporters are higher on a weaker yen. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Shanghai and Indonesia are in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Malaysia is trading lower.

Nikkei 225 up by 483.97 points, 2.72% to 18,304.16, Straits Times rose by 62.99 points or 2.64% to 2,452.28, Hang Seng gained by 247.48 points or 1.07% to 23,483.59,Taiwan Weighted lifted 118.42 points or 1.23% to 9,782.05, KOSPI Index enlarged by 46.13 points or 2.67% to 1,771.57, and Jakarta Composite bouyed by 56.80 points or 1.23% to 4,680.23.

On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 1.66 points or 0.12% to 1,328.99.

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