Asian Markets trade mostly in green in early deals on Thursday

16 Dec 2021 Evaluate
Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded in green in early deals on Thursday, supported by the optimism on global economic rebound as Federal Reserve confirmed its move to speed up tapering its asset purchase program and hike interest rate, so as to tackle the surging inflation. The market braced the increased level of certainty provided by the Central bank’s projections. Even though, some of the gains remained trimmed after World Health Organization warned that Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate and been reported in 77 countries. Technological companies advanced significantly in the session while banking stocks also in green. Japan’s Nikkei led gains in the session cheered with positive trend from US stocks overnight. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, China, and Malaysia are trading in green. Bucking the trend, , Hong Kong, and Indonesia were in negative territory.

Nikkei 225 up by 536.43 points or 1.88% to 28,996.15, Straight times rose by 6.72 points or 0.22% to 3,121.60, Taiwan Weighted climbed by 95.23 points or 0.54% to 17,755.33, KOSPI jumped by 6.49 points or 0.22% to 2,995.88, Shanghai Composite lifted by 11.29 points or 0.31% to 3,658.92 and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI higher by 2.23 points or 0.15% to 1,485.04.

On the flip side, Hang Seng down by 189.28 points or 0.81% to 23,231.48, and Jakarta Composite shrunk by 44.90 points or 0.68% to 6,581.36.

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