Asian markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Monday

11 Jan 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks are trading higher in early deals on Monday, in line with positive Wall Street on Friday with the optimism that a Democrat-controlled government will lead to more fiscal stimulus and a better handling of the coronavirus vaccine rollout. However, gains remained capped ahead to the first batch of quarterly earnings results from major companies due later this week. Oil shares are mostly higher in tandem with the Fridays surge in Crude oil rates. The Japanese market is closed for a holiday. Among the other Asian markets, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, and South Korea are in positive territory. Bucking the trend, Singapore, China and Malaysia are in downward trend.

Hang Seng increased by 215.43 points or 0.77% to 28,093.65, Taiwan Weighted higher 28.82 points or 0.19% to 15,492.77, KOSPI Index hiked 12.27 points or 0.39% to 3,164.45, and Jakarta Composite added 81.01 points or 1.29% to 6,338.85.

On the flip side, Straits Times down by 5.34 points or 0.18% to 2,987.85, Shanghai Composite curtailed by 4.73 points or 0.13% to 3,565.38 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI slipped by 20.01 points 1.23% to 1,613.18.

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