Asian markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Friday

17 Jul 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Friday, whetted by optimisms about reports of work on a possible coronavirus vaccine and investors are active with signs of more business activity as anti-virus controls are eased. Market sentiments also got boosted with the expectations of more stimulus measures by the Central Banks to stem the waning global economy in midst of peaking coronavirus cases. Though, Japan's Nikkei traded lower following negative cues from Wall Street overnight after the release of sluggish weekly jobless claims data. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Malaysia are in upward trend. On the flip side, Japan, Indonesia and China are in lower note.

Straits Times up by 3.56points or 0.14% to 2,627.23, Hang Seng widened by 166.82 points or 0.67% to 25,137.51, Taiwan Weighted rose 9.65 points or 0.08% to 12,167.39, KOSPI Index lifted by 14.51 points or 0.66% to 2,198.27 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI added 17.19 points or 1.09% to 1,590.50.

Bucking the trend, Nikkei 225 down by 75.54 points, 0.33% to 22,694.82, Jakarta Composite lower by 10.79 points, 0.21% to 5,087.58, and Shanghai narrowed 16.28 points or 0.51% to 3,193.82.

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