Asian markets end higher on Monday

06 Apr 2020 Evaluate

Asian markets ended higher on Monday on optimism about the slowing spread of the corona virus in New York and Australia. Investors shrugged off a report from the US Labor Department showed the country lost as much as 701,000 jobs in March, marking the first decline in job creation in a decade. The jobless rate surged up to 4.4 percent from 3.5 percent in February. South Korean shares ended higher on hopes of potential treatment for the new corona virus that has infected more than 1.2 million people around the world. Though, some gains were capped as reports indicating Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe intends to declare a state of emergency in Japan following a surge in the number of infections in Tokyo and other major cities. Meanwhile, the markets in China were closed for the Qingming Festival.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

-

-

-

Hang Seng

23,749.12
513.01
2.21

Jakarta Composite

4,811.83
188.40
4.07

KLSE Composite

1,341.69

11.04

0.83

Nikkei 225

18,576.30
756.11
4.24

Straits Times

2,470.59
81.30
3.40

KOSPI Composite

1,791.88
66.44
3.85

Taiwan Weighted

9,818.74
155.11
1.61

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