Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Friday

22 Oct 2021 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Friday, kindled by the report that China Evergrande Group fell back from the verge of default as it paid a dollar-bond coupon before a weekend deadline. Moreover, unexpectedly strong third quarter earnings, and services PMI numbers from US buoyed the sentiments. Technological sector stocks are in rally, while banking stocks retreated in the session. Japan’s Nikkei rebounded from previous session’s sharp losses followed by the optimism after the national core consumer price index (CPI) grew 0.1% year-on-year in September. The national CPI jumped up by 0.4% month-on-month and 0.2% year-on-year. Significant dip in covid-19 cases has led to the gradual reopening of the nation's economy with Tokyo and Osaka lifting curfews. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Indonesia, and China are trading in green. Bucking the trend, Taiwan and, Malaysia are in negative territory.

Nikkei 225 up by 109.29 points or 0.38% to 28,817.87, Straight times rose by 9.94 points or 0.31% to 3,198.44, Hang Seng widened by 115.37 points or 0.44% to 26,132.90, KOSPI enlarged by 2.52 points or 0.08% to 3,009.85, Jakarta Composite lifted by 2.99 points or 0.05% to 6,635.96, and Shanghai Composite climbed by 3.40 points or 0.09% to 3,598.18.

On the flip side, Taiwan Weighted down by  6.25 points or 0.04% to 16,883.26, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI dipped by 6.16 points or 0.39% to 1,585.46.

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