Asian markets trade in green in early deals on Wednesday

09 Dec 2020 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks are trading in green on Wednesday, catching up with the positive note in Wall Street overnight followed by the ongoing efforts to launch near term aid plan for the struggling US economy and as health care stocks got bolstered with the positive COVID-19 vaccine news. While, UK has started to administer the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech to the public. Oil shares are trading in positive territory despite weak crude oil rates overnight. Japan’s Nikkei is in green tracking optimism in investor sentiments with the firm Japanese core machine orders data. Nikkei is extending its gain for fourth straight session with the rise in exports amid weaker yen. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Malaysia are in positive territory.

Nikkei 225 rose by 330.07 points 1.25% to 26,797.15, Straits Times up by 16.06 points or 0.57% to 2,841.69, Hang Seng increased by 331.80 points or 1.26% to 26,636.36, KOSPI Index higher 42.17 points 1.56% to 2,743.10, Taiwan Weighted widened 35.32 points or 0.25% to 14,395.72, Shanghai Composite lifted by 2.11 points or 0.06% to 3,412.29 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI buoyed by 15.63 points or 0.96% to 1,647.33.

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