Asian markets trade mixed on Monday

10 May 2021 Evaluate

Asian equity benchmarks traded mixed on Monday. Some strength came following the broadly positive cues from Wall Street on Friday as surging commodity prices and weaker than expected US job growth in April allayed fears about higher inflation, interest rates and a cutback in stimulus. However, the upside is limited amid the continued surge in daily coronavirus cases in the region, particularly in Japan and India, as well as the related lockdowns in economic activity in several markets. Japanese stock market is significantly higher on Monday, extending the gains of the previous two sessions. Besides, Japan recorded the third straight day of more than 6000 daily coronavirus infections on Sunday amid the spread of the more contagious variants. Among the Asian markets, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and China are trading higher, whereas Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Malaysia is in negative note.

Nikkei 225 surged 158.32 points or 0.54% to 29,516.14, KOSPI soared 54.81 points or 1.71% to 3,252.01, Jakarta Composite jumped 47.70 points or 0.80% to 5,976.01 and Shanghai Composite was up by 2.03 points or 0.06% to 3,420.90.

Bucking the trend, Straits Times skid 16.05 points or 0.50% to 3,184.21, Hang Seng declined 93.17 points or 0.33% to 28,517.48, Taiwan Weighted slipped 57.65 points or 0.33% to 17,227.35 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI fell 0.49 points 0.03% to 1,586.96.

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