Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Friday

14 May 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Friday, with some technical buying after hefty sell off in last three sessions in a row. Market sentiments got boosted with the firmer US stock markets overnight followed by the better-than-expected weekly labor market data. Oil stocks are mostly down with sharp fall in crude oil prices overnight, weighed down by rising worries about outlook for energy demand and on news that Colonial Pipeline has resumed operations at its facilities. Japan’s Nikkei rebounded on bargain buying after previous session losses with the continued surge of novel corona virus infections and possible more restrictions and lockdowns. Stock markets of Indonesia and Malaysia are closed for a public holiday. Among the Asian markets, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and China are in negative note. On the flip side, Singapore is trading lower.

Nikkei 225 up by 609.21 points or 2.22% to 28,057.22, Hang Seng rose by 262.84 points or 0.95% to 27,981.51, Taiwan Weighted added 121.19 points or 0.77% to 15,791.29, KOSPI jumped 24.27 points or 0.78% to 3,146.38, and Shanghai Composite widened by 41.63 points or 1.21% to 3,471.17.

Bucking the trend, Straits Times dipped 8.66 points or 0.28% to 3,114.60.

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