Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Friday

26 Mar 2021 Evaluate
Most of Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Friday, cheered with the positive trend in Wall Street overnight followed by the release of upbeat labour data. Even though, some of the gains remained capped with the concerns over rising covid cases and extended lockdowns imposed in Europe. Crude oil tumbled overnight and gold is in lower note. Japan’s Nikkei extended previous session gains on optimism over economic rebound and as exporting got lifted considerably. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia and China are in higher note. Bucking the trend, Malaysia is decreasing.

Nikkei 225 up by 418.29 points or 1.46% to 29,148.17, Straits Times increased 13.37 points or 0.43% to 3,155.08, Hang Seng rose by 318.70 points or 1.14% to 28,218.31, Taiwan Weighted widened 247.49 points or 1.54% to 16,307.63, KOSPI Index lifted by 29.11 points or 0.97% to 3,037.44, Jakarta Composite higher by 50.33 points or 0.82% to 6,173.21 and Shanghai Composite enlarged by 46.18 points or 1.37% to 3,409.77.

On the flip side, FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI down by 0.69 points 0.04% to 1,597.04.

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