Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Wednesday

21 Oct 2020 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher on Wednesday, catching up with the gains in US stock market overnight amid upbeat earnings reports from US companies. Investor sentiments also buoyed with the hopes on coronavirus aid package ahead of the presidential election. Reports that Moderna's coronavirus vaccine could be available for emergency use in December if it gets positive results from the interim trial in November also aided sentiment. Oil shares are in firmer side in tandem with higher crude oil overnight Japan’s Nikkei, is in upward momentum with the increased exports and weak safe haven yen. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, are in upward trend. Bucking the trend, China Indonesia and Malaysia are in negative mode.

Nikkei 225 up by 93.57 points, 0.40% to 23,660.61, Straits Times rose by 9.99 points 0.40% to 2,538.63, Hang Seng increased by 186.61 points or 0.76% to 24,756.15, Taiwan Weighted buoyed 9.64 points 0.07% to 12,872.01, and KOSPI Index enlarged 4.75 points or 0.20% to 2,363.16.

On the flip side, Shanghai Composite down by 13.55 points or 0.41% to 3,314.55, Jakarta Composite decreased by 2.99 points or 0.06% to 5,096.85 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI diminished by 11.54 points or 0.76% to 1,499.43.

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