Most of the Asian equity benchmarks were trading in green on Wednesday, whetted by the peaked S&P 500 overnight counting on the encouraging economic reports. The rally followed reports showing that manufacturing has improved across much of the world, including in China, Europe and the United States. Moreover, investors' sentiments emboldened with the news that across the market corporate profits have exceeded investors' expectations. However, Japan's Nikkei is receding as a firmer Yen pressured on shares of exporters and on a technical selling from its one-week high on Wednesday as downbeat earnings reports underscored the economic blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, China and Indonesia are in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Japanese and Malaysian indices were trading down.
Straits Times rose by 17.19 points or 0.68% to 2,532.89, Hang Seng increased by 75.62 points or 0.30% to 25,022.25, Taiwan Weighted lifted 96.28 points or 0.76% to 12,806.20, KOSPI Index widened by 23.80 points or 1.04% to 2,303.77, Jakarta Composite higher by 8.56 points, 0.17% to 5,083.56, Shanghai buoyed by 9.66 points or 0.29% to 3,381.35
On the flip side, Nikkei 225 down by 103.13 points, 0.46% to 22,470.53, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI decreased 0.77 points or 0.05% to 1,575.17.
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