Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher in early deals on Friday, in tandem with positive trend in Wall Street with the optimism that some states in the US partially reopening their economies. Adding to the positive sentiment, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo expanded the state's phased reopening to five regions. However, sluggish economic data from China and worries about rising tensions between the US and China over the coronavirus pandemic limited gains. Japan's Nikkei rebounded after three straight session of losses. Safe haven yen is weaker. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia are in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is in red zone.
Nikkei 225 up by 139.69 points, 0.70% to 20,054.47, Straits Times rose by 6.34 points or 0.25% to 2,528.65, Hang Seng enlarged by 121.57 points or 0.51% to 23,951.31, Taiwan Weighted rose 49.68 points or 0.46% to 10,830.56, KOSPI Index widened by 6.73 points or 0.35% to 1,931.69, Shanghai lifted 7.52 points or 0.26% to 2,877.86, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI higher by 6.82 points or 0.49% to 1,404.07.
On the flip side, Jakarta Composite slipped by 19.59 points or 0.43% to 4,494.24.
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