Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Monday

28 Sep 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Monday, catching up with the positive trend in Wall Street in previous session and on short covering after recent sell-offs. However, gains remained trimmed amid cautiousness ahead to the first US presidential debate this week, which could prove crucial in determining November's election, worries on fresh pandemics spikes and the reimposition of economically damaging containment measures. Japan’s Nikkei advanced with major exporters higher and on a slightly weaker yen. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, China and Malaysia are in positive side. Bucking the trend, Indonesia is in negative territory.

Nikkei up by 173.55 points 0.75% to 23,378.17, Straits Times rose by 10.86 points 0.44% to 2,483.14, Hang Seng increased by 240.66 points or 1.94% to 23,476.08, KOSPI Index lifted 35.08 points or 1.54% to 2,313.87, Taiwan Weighted enlarged 198.31 points 1.62% to 12,431.22, Shanghai widened 4.51 points or 0.14% to 3,223.93, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI enlarged by 0.77 points or 0.05% to 1,509.91.

On the flip side, Jakarta Composite narrowed by 22.03 points or 0.45% to 4,923.76.

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