Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Wednesday

30 Sep 2020 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Wednesday, with the optimism on more fiscal stimulus hopes after House Democrats released a scaled back $2.2 trillion proposal to extend support to the US economy. Market sentiments also got boosted with the reports that manufacturing sector in China continued to expand in September, and at a faster rate, with a manufacturing purchasing managers index score of 51.5, beating expectations for 51.2 and is up from 51.0 in August. However, Japan's Nikkei traded lower in line with the weaker cues from US stocks overnight, and on weaker exporting with stronger yen. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, China and Malaysia are in positive side. Bucking the trend, Japan and Indonesia are in negative territory.

Straits Times up by 5.49 points 0.22% to 2,477.10, Hang Seng rose 273.94 points or 1.18% to 23,549.47, KOSPI Index lifted 19.81 points or 0.86% to 2,327.89, Taiwan Weighted increased 45.90 points 0.37% to 12,513.43, Shanghai widened 14.50 points or 0.45% to 3,238.86, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI enlarged 8.23 points or 0.55% to 1,512.13

On the flip side, Nikkei down by 228.93 points or 0.97% to 23,310.17 and Jakarta Composite diminished 28.53 points or 0.58% to 4,850.57.

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