Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green on Monday, as the hopes of economic rebound with the governments in more countries beginning to ease coronavirus lockdown restrictions has kindled market sentiments. Besides, firm trend on Wall Street followed by the report that showed US non-farm employment plummeted in April, but was not as bad as expected amid the economic damage caused by novel coronavirus pandemics. Oil stocks are trading higher in tandem with Friday's higher crude oil rate. Japan's Nikkei surge amid the news that Japanese government is looking to lift a state of emergency in prefectures that are not among the hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic even before the nationwide state of emergency ends on May 31. Safe haven yen notably lower. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong,Indonesia, Taiwan, and Malaysia are trading in upward trend. Bucking the trend, South Korea and China are lower.
Nikkei 225 up by 281.77 points, 1.40% to 20,455.65, Straits Times rose by 12.90 points or 0.50% to 2,604.78, Hang Seng higher by 409.97 points or 1.69% to 24,640.14, Taiwan Weighted widened 120.38 points or 1.10% to 11,021.80, Jakarta Composite lifted by 41.97 points or 0.91% to 4,639.40, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI higher by 5.38 points or 0.39% to 1,382.31.
On the flip side, KOSPI Index declined by 4.59 points or 0.24% to 1,941.23 and Shanghai was lower by 1.89 points or 0.07% to 2,893.45.
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