Asian markets end mostly higher on Friday

12 Mar 2021 Evaluate

Asian markets ended mostly higher on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains overnight with investors' optimism over the passing of the $1.9 trillion US stimulus package and after data showing a less than expected rise in jobless claims last week. Market sentiments improved further after a dovish European Central Bank (ECB) meeting prompted a retreat in bond yields and eased global concerns about rising inflation. Chinese shares ended higher despite worries about the latest Sino-US tensions after the Jeo Biden administration amended licenses for companies to sell to telecommunications equipment maker Huawei Technologies. Further, Japanese shares gained with optimism about a swifter economic recovery from the pandemic following encouraging US labor market data and easing bond yields.

Asian Indices

Last Trade           

Change in Points

Change in %

Shanghai Composite

3,453.08
16.25
0.47

Hang Seng

28,739.72
-645.89
-2.20

Jakarta Composite

6,358.21
93.53
1.49

KLSE Composite

1,615.69

-13.72

-0.84

Nikkei 225

29,717.83
506.19
1.73

Straits Times

3,095.22
-10.79
-0.35

KOSPI Composite

3,054.39
40.69
1.35

Taiwan Weighted

16,255.18
75.62
0.47

 

 

 

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