Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Wednesday

07 Oct 2020 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Wednesday, brushing off the losses in US stock market overnight after US President Donald Trump calls to end fiscal stimulus talks until after the November election. Optimism on wide spread stimulus measures from central banks which is widely viewed as a hedge against inflation and currency debasement buoyed some investor sentiments. However, oil stocks are in negative trend after crude oil rates plunged considerably overnight. Japan’s Nikkei, is in negative mode as the firmer safe haven yen pressured exporting. The markets in China remain closed for the National Day holiday. Among the Asian markets, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, are in upward trend. Bucking the trend, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia are in negative note.

Straits Times up by 2.61 points 0.11% to 2,531.93, Hang Seng rose by 204.89 points or 0.85% to 24,185.54, Taiwan Weighted enlarged 40.86 points 0.32% to 12,745.09, KOSPI Index buoyed 20.61 points or 0.87% to 2,386.51.

On the flip side, Nikkei 225 down by 15.58 points, 0.07% to 23,418.15, Jakarta Composite decreased by 31.57 points or 0.63% to 4,967.65, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI narrowed by 6.44 points or 0.43% to 1,503.03.

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