Asian Markets trade higher in early deals on Monday

23 Aug 2021 Evaluate
Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Monday, with some technical buying after previous session wilt over fears about global economic health with the continued surge in covid cases, turmoil in Afghanistan and China's regulatory curbs. Friday’s positive trend in Wall street also lifted sentiments. Technological shares experienced a hefty buy back, Oil stocks are in higher note, while banking share are also in positive trend. Japan’s Nikkei soared higher recouping previous sessional losses amid the spread of the highly contagious coronavirus variants and the resultant state of emergencies. Meanwhile, Wall Street was in positive territory, with tech-heavy Nasdaq’s climb. The Dow and S&P 500 advanced. The major European markets also moved to the upside. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, China and Malaysia are trading higher. Bucking the trend, Singapore, is in downward trend.

Nikkei 225 up by 505.33 points or 1.87% to 27,518.58, Hang Seng rose by 406.30 points or 1.64% to 25,256.02, Taiwan Weighted lifted by 427.45 points or 2.62% to 16,769.39, KOSPI higher by 50.94 points or 1.66% to 3,111.45, Shanghai Composite increased 39.42 points or 1.15% to 3,466.75, Jakarta Composite jumped by 56.07 points 0.931% to 6,086.84, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI buoyed by $3.86 points or 0.25% to 1,521.89.

On the flip side, Straight times down by 0.68 points or 0.02% to 3,102.07.

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