Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading lower in early deals on Monday, with the mounting worries on the global economic damage caused by corona virus. Crude oil surged in Asian trading after the OPEC and its allies agreed on Sunday to cut oil production by a record 9.7 billion barrels per day for May and June. Japan's Nikkei is trading lower with the firmer safe haven yen. Hong Kong stock market closed for Easter Monday. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Shanghai, Indonesia and Shanghai are in negative territory. However, Malaysia is trading higher.
Nikkei 225 down by 390.77 points, 2.00% to 19,107.73, Straits Times lowered by 5.03 points or 0.20% to 2,566.29, Taiwan Weighted diminished 37.54 points or 0.37% to 10,120.07, KOSPI Index narrowed by 21.07 points or 1.15% to 1,839.23, Jakarta Composite curtailed by 31.60 points or 0.68% to 4,617.48, and Shanghai slipped by 14.47 points or 0.52% to 2,782.16.
On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI up by 0.74 points or 0.05% to 1,358.24.
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