Asian equity benchmarks are trading mixed on Wednesday, as the profit booking after the rally on optimistic coronavirus vaccine news and US President-elect Joe Biden's transition to the White House, weighed on certain markets. Overnight positive cues from US stocks continued to support the sentiments. Oil shares are in higher note after lift in crude oil rates overnight. While, safe haven gold extended losses. Japan’s Nikkei is notably higher in line with positive Wall Street overnight. The Japanese market closed at multi-year highs on Tuesday. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Malaysia are in positive side. Bucking the trend, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and China are trading lower.
Nikkei 225 up by 212.61 points or 0.81 % to 26,378.20, Hang Seng rose by 121.31 points or 0.46% to 26,709.51, Jakrata Composite enlarged by 13.19 points or 0.23% to 5,714.22, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI widened by 15.44 points or 0.98% to 1,593.83.
On the flip side, Straits Times down by 4.00 points or 0.14% to 2,887.63, KOSPI Index lower 20.32 points or 0.78% to 2,597.44, Taiwan Weighted decreased 57.62 points or 0.42% to 13,749.51, and Shanghai Composite narrowed by 11.64 points or 0.34% to 3,391.18.
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