Asian Markets trade mostly higher in early deals on Tuesday

04 Jan 2022 Evaluate

Most of the Asian equity benchmarks traded higher in early deals on Tuesday, cheered with the firm trend in Wall Street with the fading Omicron fears and on increased risk appetite in the market. Stock markets of Japan and China reopened after new-year holidays. Oil stocks picked up imbued by the Crude oil rates, which rose amid concerns over damaged pipe line. Japan’s Nikkei surge in its first trade of the new calendar year, with gains across most sectors and on a weaker yen. Nikkei is the top gainer in today’s trade among Asian indices, marking new 1-month highs. Some of the top gainers in index were Renesas Electronics with a rise of 5.2% and Toyota with 4.3% climb. Among the Asian stocks, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Indonesia and South Korea were in positive note. Bucking the trend China, Hong Kong and Malaysia are lower.

Nikkei 225 up by 525.79 points or 1.83% to 29,317.50, Straight times rose by 38.32 points or 1.22% to 3,172.57, Hang Seng buoyed by 65.68 points or 0.28% to 23,340.43, Taiwan Weighted lifted by 201.75 points or 1.10% to 18,472.26, and Jakarta Composite jumped by 26.97 points or 0.40% to 6,692.28.

On the flip side, KOSPI dipped by 0.46 points or 0.02% to 2,988.31, Shanghai Composite fell by 4.65 points or 0.13% to 3,635.13, and FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI lower by 10.82 points or 0.70% to 1,538.23.

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