Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Monday

01 Mar 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Monday, as the bond yields earned some semblance of calm after previous session’s high wild ride and on optimism over world back to normalcy soon. Market also buoyed with the progress in larger stimulus measures from US and on news that Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the FDA on Saturday. Oil shares are in higher note despite Friday’s decline in crude oil rates. Markets in South Korea and Taiwan are closed today. Japan’s Nikkei is advancing above the 29,600 level, as real estate and healthcare sectors soared in the session, and as export got lifted with the weaker yen. Among the other Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and China are in upward trend. Bucking the trend Malaysia traded lower.

Nikkei 225 up by 628.58 points or 2.17% to 29,594.59, Straits Times rose by 25.36 points or 0.86% to 2,974.40, Hang Seng increased by 376.38 points or 1.30% to 29,356.59, Jakarta Composite widened by 68.04 points or 1.09% to 6,309.84, Shanghai Composite lifted by 22.17 points or 0.63% to 3,531.25.

On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 5.26 points 0.33% to 1,572.49.

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